Art Deco Macassar Cabinet with Lacquered Doors by Maison Dominique Paris

French Art Deco sideboard by Maison Dominique, circa 1930, in precious Macassar ebony veneer with lacquered central doors and refined bronze mounts.
The elongated, cabinet is sheathed in vertically grained Macassar, whose dark, linear figure emphasizes the sideboard’s calm, architectural horizontality.

Two flanking doors in uninterrupted veneer frame a pair of warm, lacquered central doors, their subtly clouded surface bordered by fine ebony mouldings and animated by a sculptural, sunburst-form bronze pull at the centre.
The whole rests on a recessed plinth with slender tapered legs finished in small bronze sabots, visually lightening the piece and giving it an elegant, hovering stance appropriate to a grand salle à manger or salon.

André Domin and Marcel Genevrière were the two French designers who founded the Art Deco decorating firm Maison Dominique in Paris in 1922.
Under the collective name Dominique, they created refined Art Deco interiors and furniture distinguished by geometric, often subtly Cubist forms, precious veneers such as sycamore and Macassar, and discreet bronze or copper ornament.
They exhibited at major Paris Salons and at the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, received important commissions from clients like Houbigant and Jean Puiforcat, and later designed prestigious interiors including apartments on the ocean liner Normandie and state commissions for the Élysée Palace