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    EL MALEK
    The house

    An Egyptian housewith an international eye

    Founded in 1989. More than ten years of manufacturing, exported across the Arab world and Europe. Factory in Obour Industrial City, offices in First Settlement, New Cairo, and the main showroom in Heliopolis.

    Design philosophy

    Furniture should hold a room together, not compete with it.

    We design in families rather than items. A sofa is drawn against the table it will sit near, the wall behind it and the light the room actually gets. That is why our collections are specified as complete sets, and why almost every piece leaves the factory altered from its drawing.

    The result is quiet. Proportion carries the work; there is no decoration to fall back on.

    Craftsmanship
    Craftsmanship

    We began as manufacturers and exporters.

    For over ten years we have built furniture for clients across the Arab world and Europe, to export standards that leave no room for compromise. Six years ago we opened our doors directly to the Egyptian client — the same factory, the same standards, no middleman.

    Frames are cut, joined, upholstered and finished under one roof in Obour Industrial City. Nothing is outsourced, so nothing is inspected for the first time on arrival.

    Materials
    Materials

    Solid beech. Natural fibre.

    Frames are 100% solid beech — doweled and glued, not stapled to board. Upholstery is imported linen, bouclé, wool and leather, specified for how the room is actually used.

    We buy timber and cloth before we cut anything, so what you were shown is what arrives.

    Custom production

    Made to order is the default, not the upgrade.

    Because we manufacture rather than import, dimensions, colours and fabrics are variables on every piece. Reserved with a 25% deposit on signing; the balance settled on collection. Production and delivery take two to eight weeks.

    The bespoke process
    Custom production

    Quality

    Checked against the drawing

    Every joint, seam and edge is inspected against the specification before a piece leaves the factory — not after it reaches you.

    Approved before you pay

    The order is collected at one of our branches or from our warehouses. You see the finished piece, approve it, settle the remaining 75%, and it leaves with you.

    Corrected if it is not right

    If a detail is not right, we take the piece back and correct it. That has been the practice since we opened.

    Interior lifestyle
    Interiors

    We would rather furnish the whole home.

    Working from an architect's drawings or your own floor plan, we specify every room together and prepare the whole order for one collection date. Rooms specified as a set simply resolve better than rooms bought piece by piece.

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    EL MALEK
    Vision

    To make furniture in Egypt that belongs in the international conversation.

    Manufactured here, drawn to a standard that does not need the qualification. That is the whole ambition. Our doors are open to visit.