Alf – Mfey

What they make

According to their website, Maison Fey is a Paris-based leather workshop that has operated continuously since 1910, moving in 1995 to its current combined showroom and production site in the Viaduc des Arts. The company's core crafts are gainerie (applying leather or fabric facing to furniture, boxes, walls and panels), embossing, and gilding. For embossing it uses roughly 50 decorative plates in classical and contemporary patterns and can engrave custom designs, working leather as well as stone and wood veneers. Colored and gilded effects are produced by transferring pigmented or metallic foils onto leather, and surfaces can be hand-painted with custom-mixed aqueous pigments matched to Pantone references; Cordovan leather can also be hand- or machine-embroidered. Materials include various leathers, Cordovan leather, parchment and shagreen (galuchat). The workshop also restores antique leather-covered trunks, boxes, furniture and books. All production is carried out in-house in the Île-de-France region, serving decorators, designers, cabinetmakers and galleries. The company holds the "Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant" label (since 2007, renewed three times) and the "Atelier d'Excellence" and "Ateliers d'Art de France" designations.

• Leather facing (gainerie) applied to furniture, boxes, walls and panels of any size or shape
• Decorative leather panels, including Cordovan leather, for wall covering and interior design
• Embossing (gaufrage) on leather, stone veneer and wood veneer using a library of roughly 50 embossing plates, plus custom-engraved designs
• Gilding and colored foil transfer onto leather surfaces
• Hand-painted leather using custom-mixed aqueous pigments matched to Pantone references, and hand or machine embroidery on Cordovan leather
• Custom leather-covered boxes, cases, and office desk accessories, including decorative fake-book installations
• Restoration of antique leather-covered trunks, boxes, furniture and books
• Leather-covered furniture, headboards, chair upholstery and flooring for decorators, designers, cabinetmakers and galleries

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