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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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1950's Stitched leather desk by Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
1950's Stitched leather desk by Jacques Adnet Olive green and black leather France
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1950s European Vintage Jacques Adnet

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Metal

1950's Stitched leather desk by Jacques Adnet
1950's Stitched leather desk by Jacques Adnet
H 30.32 in W 47.25 in D 28.35 in
Jacques Adnet, Four-door Macassar & Glass Bookcase, France, c. 1945
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
With a career spanning many of 20th century's formative aesthetic movements, Adnet cuts a distinctive figure in the history of design. He strove to create beautiful pieces, which wer...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Jacques Adnet

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Brass

Jacques Adnet, Pedestal table covered in green leather with saddle stitching.
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Jacques Adnet, Pedestal table covered in green leather with saddle stitching, circa 1970, France. Height 71 cm, diameter 51 cm.
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1970s French Modern Vintage Jacques Adnet

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Leather

Jacques Adnet Stitched Leather and Oak Lidded Box
By Jacques Adnet
Located in East Hampton, NY
Beautiful simplicity of Jacques Adnet design, this hinged box with classic brown leather trim and stitch-work, is marked on underside.
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Jacques Adnet

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Leather, Oak

1950's Stitched leather lamp by Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
1950's Brown Stitched leather lamp by Jacques Adnet France Dimensions given without shade Shade not included
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1950s French Vintage Jacques Adnet

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Metal

Jacques ADNET French Mid-century Magazine Rack, 1950s
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Mid-century magazine rack by Jacques ADNET, France, 1950s. Magazine rack in leather and iron with two compartments and pastille base. Height : 16.1"(41cm), Width : 11"(28cm), ...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jacques Adnet

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Iron

Pair of Saddle Leather and Iron Armchairs by Jacques Adnet, 1950s France
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Important pair of armchairs by French designer Jacques Adnet. Heavy, tubular iron frame makes a substantial and grounded seat. Cognac saddle leather with signature Adnet contrast sti...
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1950s French Vintage Jacques Adnet

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Brass, Iron

French Mid-Century Modern Side / End Table by Jacques Adnet & Max Ingrand
By Max Ingrand, Jacques Adnet, Saint Gobain
Located in New York, NY
A Rare and Exceptional French Midcentury Modern Side / End Table or Gueridon by Jacques Adnet and Attributed to Max ingrand and the Saint Gobain Glass Works, Paris. Jacques Adnet was...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Jacques Adnet

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Brass, Wrought Iron

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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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