Firenze · Via dei Tornabuoni
The Atelier
One room above the Arno. A bench, a lamp, a window. The slow patience of hands that have been making the same object for forty years — and the discipline to refuse the fifty-first.
A Note from the Maison
We are not in the business of furniture. We are in the business of time — the eight weeks it takes to make one Lumière, the twenty years it will outlive its first owner, the slow gold patina of a hide that has been lived on.
Every piece leaves the atelier with a maker's mark and a number. If ever the frame fails — it will not — we will know the hand that built it, the year it was finished, and the room it was made for.
The Process
Four hands.
One piece.
From the selection of the hide to the graphite signature on the frame, the work passes through four stations. Each is led by a single maker who sees the piece from start to finish.
- I
Select the hide
Each panel is cut from a single full-grain hide, chosen for grain depth, hand-feel, and the way it will age in your room. Nothing is corrected, sanded, or printed.
- II
Pattern & cut
Patterns are drawn on the hide by hand in chalk — the way they have been for two hundred years. The cutter works around the spine, around the scars, around the character.
- III
Stitch, by hand
A single seam can take an afternoon. Our upholsterers use a saddle stitch — two needles, one thread — so a pulled stitch does not unravel the line beside it.
- IV
Sign & number
When the work is finished, the maker signs the frame in graphite and the piece is given its number in the maison's archive. It is one of fifty. It will never be remade.
In the Workshop
Hands you can read.
Photographed in the atelier over the spring of MMXXVI, by Giacomo Reni.
01 — Hand-cut leather
02 — Machine stitching
03 — Industrial seam
04 — Warp & weft
Full-grain hide
The top layer of the skin, untouched. Each hide carries the natural grain, the healed scars, the gentle variations of a life lived. We do not emboss, pigment, or correct it.
Beechwood frame
Kiln-dried European beech, dovetail-joined and corner-blocked. The frame is guaranteed for the life of the original owner — and the maker's name is written on the inside.
Goose-down wrap
Hand-tied eight-way springs, wrapped in down-proof cotton, then layered with a hand-carded blend of goose down and curled fibre. It is the only way to get the slouch right.
Reserve a Piece
Begin the conversation.
Each commission begins with a private visit — to the atelier, or to you. Leave us a note and the maison will be in touch within two working days to arrange the first meeting.
- Atelier
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Via dei Tornabuoni, 14
50123 Firenze, Italia - Hours
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Tuesday — Saturday
10:00 — 18:00, by appointment - Direct
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atelier@maisonvelours.it
+39 055 0000 000
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