Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet Decorative Objects
French, Swiss
While little is known about audacious modernist designers Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet, the French-Swiss husband-and-wife duo created playful and unique decorative objects, dining chairs, sconces and other furniture during the mid-20th century. Rejecting Art Deco lavishness and the concept that seating, tables and other furnishings should be made with luxurious and exotic materials, Minnet and Audoux adopted a rustic style in their work, integrating abaca hemp cord and other organic materials such as beech and bamboo in their provocative designs.
Audoux and Minnet were active in Côte d'Azur, France — they are believed to have established a workshop there in the late 1920s. The designers were members of the Union des Artistes Modernes, a collective of like-minded artists founded in 1929. The raison d'être of the Union was to design household furnishings and decorative pieces for a wider demographic of people, not merely affluent Parisians — a target kind of buyer for many creators of the day. They promoted simplicity and prioritized functionalism. The collective’s membership boasted other celebrated furniture designers, including Jean Prouvé, Charlotte Perriand, Francis Jourdain and Louis Sognot.
Minnet and Audoux spent much of their time in the Provence region, a hub of creativity where other artists such as Pablo Picasso found endless inspiration. They created everything from lighting to lounge chairs and end tables that reflected a nautical theme and coastal living. Minnet and Audoux’s imaginative works — table lamps with shades covered in raffia, oak benches with seat backs of woven rope — were made available to passers-by in the duo’s retail outlet in the seaside resort town of Golfe-Juan. The pair also incorporated woven rope into larger pieces such as armchairs and side tables. These furnishings are often compared to the work of similarly adventurous Union des Artistes Modernes member Charlotte Perriand. Several of Audoux and Minnet’s seating pieces are on display at the Maison Dumas in St. Tropez, France.
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Creator: Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Mid-Century Rattan Wastebasket Umbrella Stand by Audoux Minnet France, c. 1950
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Mid-Century French Rope Swan Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
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French Rope Swan Adrien Audoux and Frida Minet , Circa 1960.
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Mid-Century Rope & Wood Basket Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
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Mid-century rope & wood basket Adrien Audoux and Frida Minet.
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Rare Large Rope and Cork Fruits Basket Audoux Minet.
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Mid-Century Large Double Rope Basket Adrien Audoux and Frida Minet
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Rare double large rope and cork fruits basket Audoux Minet.
Measures: W / 18.3" by 10" lower basket , upper 13.5' by 7"
H / 13.5 13.5 by 7 inches.
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Adrien Audoux And Frida Minnet decorative objects for sale on 1stDibs.
Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet decorative objects are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of rope and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet decorative objects, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original decorative objects by Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet were created in the mid-century modern style in france during the mid-20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider decorative objects by Jean Austruy, Quimper Faience Pottery, and Jacques Sicard. Prices for Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet decorative objects can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $625 and can go as high as $2,500, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $1,300.
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