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Jacques Adnet Furniture

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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Period: Late 20th Century
Creator: Jacques Adnet
Tischleuchte Quadro von Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Aachen, DE
Die Leuchtikone Quadro von Jacques Adnet. Die Metallstruktur aus Palladium-Messing, verchromt, die Diffusoren aus satiniertem Glas und der Sockel aus Marmor. Mit dem Original-Dimmer....
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1990s Bauhaus Jacques Adnet Furniture

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Brass, Chrome

Jacques Adnet style black and brass faux bamboo table
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Henley-on Thames, Oxfordshire
Black leather, steel and brass faux bamboo side table with single drawer in the style of Jacques Adnet Possibly by Maison Jansen France circa 1960-1980 80cm w x 52cm d x 85cm h - u...
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Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Jacques Adnet Furniture

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Brass, Steel

Brown Leather Table Lamps by Valenti
By Jacques Adnet, Valenti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Brown wrapped leather table lamps by Valenti. Designed and manufactured in Spain, circa the 1970s. Purchased as dead stock. Fully wrapped leather...
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1970s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jacques Adnet Furniture

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Steel

Rare French Handstitched Leather and Brass Faux Bamboo Commode by Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
A Rare French Midcentury Modern hand stitched leather cabinet, dresser, commode, chest of drawers by Jacques Adnet, circa 1955. The entire composition is subtly balanced with muted black leather and burnished brass coloration. The piece features brass faux bamboo legs, solid brass hardware, solid brass inset flush mounted drawer pulls and back plates and brass corner moldings...
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Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Jacques Adnet Furniture

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Brass

Rare French Handstitched Leather and Brass Faux Bamboo Commode by Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
French Mid-Century Modern neoclassical hand-stitched leather cabinet, dresser, commode, chest of drawers, console or sofa table by Jacques Adnet. The entire composition is subtly balanced with muted black leather and burnished brass coloration. The piece features brass faux bamboo legs, solid brass hardware, solid brass inset flush mounted drawer pulls and back plates and brass corner moldings...
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Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Jacques Adnet Furniture

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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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