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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 Gubi, Jacques Adnet
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

Jacques Adnet Floor Lamp in Burgandy Leather
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Handsome French floor lamp by Jacques Adnet with hand-stitched burgundy leather, contrast stitching, brass tripod base and new silk shade. Newly rewired. Height extends from 48” - ...
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1950s French Vintage Jacques Adnet

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Brass

A pair of Jacques Adnet black leather and brass stools
By Jacques Adnet
Located in London, GB
Original pair of Jacques Adnet black leather low stools
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1950s French Vintage Jacques Adnet

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Brass

Black Opaline Table Lamps by Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of Black Opaline Table Lamps by Jacques Adnet. Designed and manufactured in France, circa 1940s. Black opaline spherical base with a newly fabricated linen shade. Each lamp holds...
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1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jacques Adnet

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Linen, Opaline Glass

Jacques Adnet Ashtray
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Handsome glass ashtray with leather belting and signature contrast stitching France 1940s.
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1940s Vintage Jacques Adnet

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Brass

Jacques Adnet Ashtray
Jacques Adnet Ashtray
H 2.25 in W 4.5 in D 4.5 in
Mirror Cabinet by Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in MADRID, ES
Mirror cabinet designed by the designer Jacques Adnet with two doors. An icon of luxurious French Modernism, Jacques Adnet grew up with the 20th Century. He attended the Municipal ...
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1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jacques Adnet

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Glass, Wood

Mirror Cabinet by Jacques Adnet
Mirror Cabinet by Jacques Adnet
H 31.89 in W 39.38 in D 16.93 in
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

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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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