Atelier Monier

Atelier Monier is a Paris workshop founded in 2013 by Louis Monier and dedicated to menuiserie en sièges, the joinery of seats: the design, making and restoration of chairs, sofas and stools. It occupies a former furniture restoration workshop on the cours de Vincennes, in a neighbourhood shaped by the woodworking trades of the Faubourg Saint-Antoine.

Louis Monier trained at the École Boulle from 2004, perfected his technique in several cabinetmaking workshops and at the Mobilier National, and was named Meilleur Ouvrier de France in 2018 for an armchair in Indian rosewood. The 210-square-metre atelier combines hand benches, a machine room and a design office with a CNC centre, and produces its own collections as well as pieces for decorators and institutions.