Georgetown · Washington, DC

Maison Noir

Nail couture, by appointment, after dark.

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02 · Ethos
A hand with black-polished nails holding a lit taper candle in a dark room.

We shape to the hand
you actually have

Maison Noir is four chairs off Wisconsin Avenue. One guest per artist, no double booking, and the appointment finishes when the hand is finished — not when the next name on the list arrives.

Established 2019 · By appointment only

03 · The Work

The lookbook

Two hands resting together, photographed in black and white, wearing plain bands.
A hand with a fine ivory French manicure and a gold signet ring against black.
A hand resting inside a dark knitted sleeve, nails shaped short.
A hand with pale nude nails resting on black fabric.
Hands wearing stacked rings, lit low against a dark ground.
A hand with dark chrome nails against pleated black fabric.

Almond, short, buffed bare. The house shape.

All twelve in the atelier

05 · Voices

I have never been anywhere this quiet. Halfway through you forget it is a nail salon at all.

Amara O. · Georgetown

Four weeks on and the gel has not lifted once. It grew out like it had always been mine.

Priya N. · Dupont Circle

They shaped my nails to the hand I have, not the hand in the photograph. Nobody had done that before.

Renée M. · Capitol Hill
06 · Visit

Come after work

We are open until nine on Fridays, and the last hour of every evening is held for one appointment only. Tuesday to Saturday, eleven until eight.

Address
1714 Wisconsin Avenue NW
Suite 3 · Washington, DC
Telephone
(571) 555-0105
Hours
Tue–Thu 11–8
Fri 11–9 · Sat 10–7
Sun 12–5 · Mon closed
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