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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, urbane club chairs. His most noted pieces — 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 Spherical Table Lamp, Black Opaline Glass, France 1930
By Jacques Adnet
Located in La Teste De Buch, FR
Table lamp by french designer Jacques Adnet. Black opaline glass with brass details, fabric shade. Made in France in the 1930s. Nice Art Deco table lamp. 1x B22 socket and EU plug....
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Jacques Adnet

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Opaline Glass

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

Pair of French Brass and Marble Tables by Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of French brass and marble tables by Jacques Adnet. This stunning pair of French Modernist tables by Jacques Adnet are the perfect side tables or gueridons and could be used together to create a two part coffee table...
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jacques Adnet

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Marble, Brass

Jacques Adnet Stitched Leather Table
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Stockton, NJ
An early Jacques Adnet stitched leather table with oak top. Wonderful vintage example with distressed leather and few losses. The top has been l...
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1950s French Vintage Jacques Adnet

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Brass

Rare Art Déco Club Chairs by Jacques Adnet, France 1930s
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Aachen, NW
Very rare and fine armchairs by Jacques Adnet. Made in France in the early 1930s. Fine Bouclé upholstery. Feets are made by solid wood. Stunning pieces. The chairs are in excellent,...
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1930s French Vintage Jacques Adnet

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Bouclé, Wood

Jacques Adnet and Guidette Carbonell Ceramic and Iron Coffee or Side Table
By Guidette Carbonell, Jacques Adnet
Located in Chicago, IL
Jacques Adnet and Guidette Carbonell coffee table or side table. Use as a side table or the perfect small coffee table. Hand wrought iron base with six inset glazed ceramic tiles wit...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jacques Adnet

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Wrought Iron

Jacques Adnet decorative magazine stand Hermes leather France 1950
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Etten-Leur, NL
Very nice magazine stand designed by Jacques Adnet and manufactured in his own atelier, France 1950. This highly decorative newspaper stand is made in original black lacquered metal...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jacques Adnet

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Metal

1950's Stitched leather and rattan occasional table By Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
Very nice side table or occasional table with rattan top and stitched leather legs in the bamboo style France 1950's
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1950s French Vintage Jacques Adnet

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Leather, Rattan

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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 563 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 11 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 £234 and can go as high as £76,598, while a piece like these, on average, fetch £6,370.

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