The House
A family house of fine cabinetmaking
AZ Ameublement is a family house of fine cabinetmaking whose savoir-faire has been handed down since the middle of the twentieth century — restoring period furniture, marquetry, carving and bespoke creation.
Timeline
The time of the House
Mid-twentieth century
The first gestures
The workshop began around a bench and a few hand tools. Chair restoration, veneer repair, early period furniture: the craft was learned piece by piece.
Transmission
From one generation to the next
The savoir-faire is handed down at the bench, through gestures repeated and corrected. Marquetry, ornamental carving and traditional finishes gradually joined the House's repertoire.
Today
One House, two temporalities
The atelier restores furniture that deserves to last and creates pieces that deserve to be passed on. The same hands, the same standards, serving heritage and creation alike.
Generations
What is handed down at the bench
The apprenticeship
The House's craft goes back to the 1930s, when Mr Zouine entered cabinetmaking. From the masters of his time he learned less a trade than a way of looking: recognising a species, reading the grain, understanding the figure, judging how a board has dried.
The mastery
Wood is not an inert material: it moves, reacts, and works with the humidity of the room it will live in. The cabinetmaker does not impose a shape — he first learns the one the material will accept. Joints become exact, veneers refined, the finish deeper.
The handing down
Mr Zouine passed on more than tools to his children: he passed on a discipline of time. The Zouine family now uses contemporary means wherever they add precision, and keeps the hand wherever only the hand gives a piece its character.
The atelier
The gesture, day after day
