One hundred years of gilded cabinetmaking. Every piece a private commission, every commission a quiet act of glamour.
Four pursuits, perfected across a century. Each commission begins with the architect's drawing and ends with twenty-three coats of hand-rubbed lacquer.
Bespoke cabinets in the grand 1920s manner — stepped pediments, fluted columns, lacquered surfaces. Drawn for stately homes and private members' clubs.
Genuine 23-karat gold leaf, hand-laid by our master gilder. Burnished, distressed, or polished mirror — each piece signed and numbered.
Marquetry of mother-of-pearl, brass, shagreen and rare veneers — chevrons, sunbursts, and the chevroned starbursts that defined an era.
Sympathetic conservation of period cabinets — Ruhlmann, Süe et Mare, Dunand. We treat the great names with the reverence their work deserves.
A discreet selection from our private archives. Many of our pieces remain in the residences for which they were drawn — these are the few we may show.
In the spring of 1924, the cabinetmaker Étienne Doré opened a small atelier in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine. He had returned from the Exposition Internationale with three drawings, two commissions, and a single, unshakeable conviction: that ornament, properly drawn, is not excess — it is meaning.
One hundred years later, his great-granddaughter Camille leads a workshop of fourteen craftsmen — gilders, marquetry specialists, finishers, and a master mécanicien who fits the bronzes by hand. We remain a private atelier. We accept eighteen commissions a year. We keep our drawings.
Each commission begins with a private consultation at our atelier or your residence. Tell us a little of your project and we shall arrange a meeting at your convenience.
23 rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, Paris XI
commissions@maisondore.fr
+33 1 42 71 19 24
Tuesday — Friday · 10h — 18h