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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Mid-Century Rope Lamp Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
By Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Located in Austin, TX
Mid-Century Rope Lamp Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet. 17 inches Height with the shade.
Rope, Stained Glass
Mid-Century Rope Sconce Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
By Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Located in Austin, TX
Unusual rope sconce Audoux Minet, circa 1960. With a white and orange opaline. W / 11 inches. H / 5 inches.
Rope, Opaline Glass
1950 Pair of Rope Wall Sconces by Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
By Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Crafted from a single piece of rope shaped to form two lighting arms, it tapers upward before flaring out again, its shape reminiscent of a marine anchor. Each wall sconce is fitted ...
Rope
Audoux Minet floor lamp - France - 1950.
By Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
Incredible rope floor lamp by French designers Adrien Audoux and Freda Minet. Four arched legs and slender stem with new linen shade. Rope is original with signs of age and wear....
Rope
Mid-Century Rope Sconce Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
By Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Located in Austin, TX
Unusual rope sconce Audoux Minet, circa 1960. With an orange milk glass opaline. Height / 14 inches.
Rope, Opaline Glass
1950 Lantern in Rope Audoux Minet
By Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Composed of a lantern of square section in rope decorated with winding of rope inside the faces and on underlined on the high part of four winding joining in the center and assembled...
Rope
Mid-Century Rope Lamp by Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
By Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Located in Austin, TX
Mid-century rope lamp by Adrien by Audoux & Frida Minet. French Riviera circa 1960.
Rope
Audoux Minet French Rope Table Lamp - Rewired for US
By Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Adrien Audoux and Frida Minet French rope table lamp France, 1950s Lamp base is comprised of thick sculpted rope in a horse shoe shape Natural color variations Newly rewired New line...
Rope
Midcentury Sconce "Sun" by Adrien Audoux and Frida Minet, circa 1960
By Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Located in Camblanes et Meynac, FR
Midcentury Wall light "Sun" by Adrien Audoux and Frida Minet, circa 1960 Rare wall lamp by the French and Swiss designers Adrien Audoux and Frida Minet. This model in the shape of ...
Metal
Audoux & Minet Nautical 2 Light Sconce with Round Mirror France 1960 Midcentury
By Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Located in Miami, FL
Wall mirror or 2 light sconce with 2 lights designed by Audoux & Minet made in France 1960s. Sturdy rope handwoven and crafted into a round wall mirror and 2 arm light...
Brass
Audoux Minet Pendant Lamp Made from Rope and Brass, France, 1950
By Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Located in Vienna, AT
Audoux Minet Pendant Lamp Made from Rope and Brass, France, 1950 12.6" x 13.77" (height shade only) x- 53" overall height as pictured Audoux Minet Pendant Lamp made from rope and br...
Brass
$1,720Sale Price|20% Off
Rope and green glass table lamp by Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet (Audoux Minet)
By Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This very nice and unusual table lampe is made of rope with a green glass bowl. This is a French work by Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet (famous designers Audoux-Minet). Circa 1950
Rope, Glass
Mid-Century Rope Lamp Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
By Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Located in Austin, TX
Mid-century rope lamp Audoux Minet. Measure: Height / 11.5 inches.
Rope
1950 Lamp "the Swan" of Adrien Audoux and Frida Minet
By Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
The swan of Adrien Audoux and Frida Minet. Composed of a round rope base on which is placed a ball-shaped opaline maintained by another circular rope positioned at mid-height, it rep...
Rope
Mid-Century Rope Sconce Sphere Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
By Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Located in Austin, TX
Unusual rope sconce sphere with white opaline shade Audoux Minet, circa 1960.
Rope, Opaline Glass
1950's Rope Chandelier by French Designers Adrien Audoux and Frida Minet
By Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Located in North Miami, FL
Designed by Adrien Audoux and Frida Minet, this lovely small hanging light with TWO lights and original shades. The bamboo loop chain that connects the original bamboo canopy...
Rope, Paper
1950 Rope Lantern Audoux Minet
By Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Composed of a luminous central rod formed by a rope arm adorned with a loop on the upper part and serving to support the lantern on the lower part. The body of the lantern consists o...
Rope
$3,500 / set
Pair of Audoux Minet Rope Sconces
By Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Located in East Hampton, NY
Unique pair of branch form rope sconces with two lights each by Audoux Minet.
Rope
Rope Floor Lamp by Audoux Minet, 1960s France
By Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sculptural tripod floor lamp in twisted rope by French designers Adrien Audoux and Frida Minet. Gorgeous design with 3 individual torch shaped lamps wrapped together by rope in the m...
Rope, Silk
Pair of Rope Wall Sconces by Audoux Minet
By Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This very nice and rare pair of wall lights is all made of rope. The wiring is original. This is a French work by famous designers Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet - Audoux-Minet. Circa 1950
Rope
Audoux Minet 1960s French Rope Lantern Lamp
By Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Petite rope lantern table lamp by Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet, France, 1950s. Coiled rope base and top with rope handle. New silk interior shade and newly re-wired. Nice vintage ...
Silk, Rope
Mid-Century Rope Globe Lamp Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
By Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Located in Austin, TX
Mid-Century Rope Globe Lamp Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet. H / 7.5 inches.
Metal
$2,029
An Audoux Minet sconce
By Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
an unusual rope and glass sconce lantern by Audoux Minet
Rope, Glass
Mid-Century French Rope Table Lamp, Adrien Audoux and Frida Minet
By Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Audoux Minet rope table lamp, 1950 by Adrien Audoux and Frida Minet. original lampshade height of foot only 29 cm
Rope
Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet, Floor Lamp “Tripode”, France, 1950
By Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Located in Barcelona, ES
ADRIEN AUDOUX & FRIDA MINET Floor Lamp model “Tripode” Manufactured by Audoux-Minet France, 1950 Rope, fabric shades Measurements 180h cm 70,85h in Biography Union des Artistes Mo...
Fabric, Rope
Adrien Audoux and Frida Minet. rope wall light , circa 1950
By Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Adrien Audoux and Frida Minet. rope wall light , circa 1950 the paper bulb cover is missing
Rope
Iconic Rope Chandelier by Adrien Audoux & Frida Minnet, France 1960s
By Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Located in New York, NY
Mint condition rope pendant by French Riviera designers Audoux Minnet European socket and wiring this chandelier will ship from Paris and can be returned to either Paris or NY USA ...
Rope
Rope Lantern by Audoux Minet
By Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This very nice round lantern is made of rope. This is a French work by famous designers Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet (Audoux-Minety). Circa 1950
Rope
Rare " Anchor " Rope Wall Sconces by Adrien Audoux & Frida Minnet, France, 1950s
By Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Located in leucate, FR
This exquisite and rare wall sconce is a true collector's item from the Mid-Century period. Created by the renowned French design duo Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet in the 1950s, thi...
Hemp, Rope
Beacon Shaped Rope Table Lamp by Audoux & Minnet, France, 1960's
By Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Located in New York, NY
Whimsical rope table lamp by Audoux & Minet in the shaped of French railroad Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer beacon. European socket and wiring Rear glass missing This lanter...
Rope
French Rope Double Arm Sconce by Audoux-Minet
By Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unique Adrien Audoux and Frida Minet rope sconce from France, 1950s. Original curved rope with double arm lights and original rope shades. Beautiful spiral detail. Newly re-wired wit...
Brass
Audoux Minet 1960s French Rope Lantern Pendant
By Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful rope pendant lantern light by Adrien Audoux and Frida Minet from France, 1960s. Curved twisted rope lantern frame with single socket in center. Newly re-wired and newly mad...
Brass
Audoux-Minet , lampadaire en corde circa 1950/1960
By Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Audoux-Minet , lampadaire en corde circa 1950/1960 tout est d'origine
Rope
French Rope Table Lamp by Audoux & Minet
By Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Located in Houston, TX
French rope table lamp by Audoux & Minet, France, 1960. The designers utilized a smaller gauge rope on this lamp with gives it a softer look. Th...
Rope
Tripod Rope Floor Lamp by Audoux Minet, France, 1960s
By Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Located in Santa Gertrudis, Baleares
Rope floor lamp by Audoux Minnet Hard wire structure, covered with rope France, 1960s.
Rope
Audoux Minet Pendant Light
By Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Located in West Hollywood, CA
French sculptural rope pendant light by Audoux Minet.
Rope
Adrien Audoux & Frida Minnet.Rope Table Lamp, France 1960s
By Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Just in, This great looking tall 22" H to socket, Rope table lamp by the wall known French Artists Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet. These Rope Item were made in the South of France ...
Rope
Large Rope And Raffia Lamp By Audoux Minnet
By Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Located in Charmes, FR
imposing lamp in rope and raffia from the 60s made by audoux minnet works in very good condition
Rattan
Audoux-Minet Bamboo chandelier with drum-shaped lampshades.circa 1950
By Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Rope chandelier with drum-shaped lampshades. The lampshades are in poor condition.
Rope
Audoux Et Minet, Pair Of Rope Sconces in White, Circa 1950/1960
By Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Audoux Et Minet, Pair of Rope Sconces Circa 1950/1960 Repainted in white
Rope
Audoux Minet Rope Pendant
By Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Located in East Hampton, NY
Original European Audoux Minet rope pendant.
Rope
Audoux Et Minet, Pair Of Rope Sconces in White, Circa 1950/1960
By Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Audoux Et Minet, Pair of Rope Sconces Circa 1950/1960 Repainted in white 54 cm High without the shades
Rope