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Jacques Adnet

French, 1901-1984

One of the most elegant and innovative 20th-century French furniture designers, Jacques Adnet created a simple, unadorned signature style that is both trim and vigorous. He began his career in the heyday of the Art Deco era, and in the 1950s, in association with Hermès, created chairs, lamps, desks and other pieces that employed slender metal frames clad in stitched saddle leather. With such furnishings, Adnet brought a fashion sensibility to design and decor that had not been seen since the 1920s prime of the great Paris couturier-decorator Paul Poiret.

Adnet was born in a provincial town in Burgundy, where he studied design before moving, along with his twin brother, Jean, to Paris to study at the École des Arts Décoratifs. After their graduation in the early 1920s, the brothers were hired to work in the decorative-arts atelier of the department store Galeries Lafayette, under the direction of Maurice Dufrêne, an Art Deco master who developed a singularly robust and opulent style. Both Adnets showed their work at the 1925 Paris Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes — the design fair from which the term Art Deco is derived

In 1928, Jacques Adnet took charge of the struggling La Compagnie des Arts Français, a decorative-arts firm founded by Louis Süe and André Mare that created modern furnishings that bore traces of 18th-century styling. Adnet immediately took the company in a different direction. He developed a simple lithe and lean look that incorporated industrial materials such as metal and glass, along with exotic woods and finishes such as parchment and sharkskin.

Adnet’s furniture begs to be described in terms of personalities: charming faux-bamboo side tables, suave chrome lighting and urbane club chairs. His most noted pieces, which feature sleek metal frames wrapped in Hermès leather, have a character all their own — smooth, elegant and self-assured, they inhabit a room with the same wit and grace as Jean-Paul Belmondo and Catherine Deneuve.

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Jacques Adnet Medium Circulaire Mirror with Brown Leather
By Jacques Adnet, Gubi
Located in Glendale, CA
Jacques Adnet medium Circulaire mirror with brown leather. Designed in 1950 by Jacques Adnet and executed in leather, brass, and glass. The Circulaire mirror was the result of a partnership Adnet formed with the exclusive French fashion house Hermès...
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Jacques Adnet

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Brass

Pair of Jacques Adnet Leather Dining Chairs
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful pair of Jacques Adnet leather chairs perfectly restored in period-correct cognac leather. Brass hardware and wrought iron legs.
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Jacques Adnet

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Leather

Pair of Leather and Brass Adjustable Floor Lamps by Jacques Adnet, France, 1950s
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
Adjustable pair of standing lamps by Jacques Adnet, Leather over brass. *Lampshades aren't included but available on request
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Jacques Adnet

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Brass

Rare Oak and Blue Stitched Leather Drop-Leaf Table / Bar Cart by Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Montreal, QC
Rare oak and blue stitched leather folding bar cart by Jacques Adnet. With brass on legs The width is 22 inches when both leaves drop down.
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jacques Adnet

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Leather

Hand-Bag Brass and Leather Magazine Rack by Jacques Adnet, circa 1940
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This beautiful hand-bag magazine rack is made of brass and leather. This is a work by famous French designerJacques Adnet. Circa 1940.  
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Jacques Adnet

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Brass

Jacques Adnet Pair of Modernist Art Deco Armchairs in Leather, France 1940's
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
Classic pair of modernist club chairs by Jacques Adnet, upholstered in leather (2004) and on lacquered walnut bases.
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Jacques Adnet

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Leather, Walnut

Jacques Adnet luggage rack
By Jacques Adnet
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Jacques Adnet leather luggage rack Made for a hotel in south of France in the 1950s Beautiful brown leather Nice condition
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jacques Adnet

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Leather

Jacques Adnet luggage rack
Jacques Adnet luggage rack
H 17.33 in W 23.63 in D 16.15 in
Jacques Adnet side table mint confition
By Jacques Adnet
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Jacques Adnet side table, leather metal and glass Very good condition with original leather Around 1950s Adnet is known for his very elegant furnitures
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jacques Adnet

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Faux Leather

Jacques Adnet side table mint confition
Jacques Adnet side table mint confition
H 17.72 in W 24.02 in D 13 in
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Jacques Adnet furniture for sale on 1stDibs.

Jacques Adnet furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of animal skin and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Jacques Adnet furniture, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 608 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 22 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original furniture by Jacques Adnet were created in the mid-century modern style in europe during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Maison Jansen, Roger Capron, and Pierre Chapo. Prices for Jacques Adnet furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $240 and can go as high as $125,000, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $7,802.

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