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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Creator: Jacques Adnet
Dealer: FERRER
Jacques Adnet Chairs for Air France, France 1960’s
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
Rare chairs for the Air France lounge by Jacques Adnet. The legs can be attached forward or back facing. Original upholstery. Sold in pairs, two pairs available.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Jacques Adnet Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Pair of Matched Jacques Adnet Leather & Brass Coffee Tables, France 1950's
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
matched pair of Jacques Adnet faux bamboo brass and leather coffee tables with original glass.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Jacques Adnet Furniture
Materials
Brass, Iron
Jacques Adnet Parchment & Lacquer Recliners, France 1930's
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional pair of Jacques Adnet recliners in dark purple lacquer with parchment-covered arms, upholstered in Pierre Frey mohair
Documented in the monograph on the designer, this pa...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Jacques Adnet Furniture
Materials
Mohair, Lacquer, Parchment Paper
Jacques Adnet Ashtray in Leather & Glass, France 1950's
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
Cast glass vide poche with original leather brown trim.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Jacques Adnet Furniture
Materials
Leather, Art Glass
Jacques Adnet Black Leather Potence Floor Lamp, France 1940's
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional reading lamp in stitched black leather by Jacques Adnet, this example is entirely covered, unlike others seen with the ratchet mechanism left in patinated metal—the all o...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Jacques Adnet Furniture
Materials
Brass, Iron
Jacques Adnet Tripod bamboo leather Floor Lamp, France 1950's
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
Rare Jacques Adnet leather floor lamp with faux bamboo leather decoration and brass hardware.
Base only
58x16
Category
Mid-20th Century French Modern Jacques Adnet Furniture
Materials
Brass, Steel
Red Leather & Brass Faux Bamboo Jacques Adnet Floor lamp, France 1950's
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
Tripod floor lamp in iron wrapped in red hand-stitched leather with a faux bamboo brass motif.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Modern Jacques Adnet Furniture
Materials
Brass
Jacques Adnet Tripod bamboo leather Floor Lamp, France 1950's
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
Rare Jacques Adnet leather floor lamp with faux bamboo leather decoration.
Base only
58x16
Category
Mid-20th Century French Modern Jacques Adnet Furniture
Materials
Brass, Steel
Jacques Adnet Black Vinyl & Brass Armchairs, France 1950's
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
President armchairs by Jacques Adnet, in their original Vinyl on brass legs.
Sold in pairs.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Jacques Adnet Furniture
Materials
Brass
Jacques Adnet President Oak Desk, France 1940's
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
“President” Oak Desk on drawer pedestals and brass plinth, copper handles with original British green leather top, details abound in this piece such as the guest facing end with its ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Jacques Adnet Furniture
Materials
Brass
Jacques Adnet Black Leather Coffee Table, France 1950's
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
Large coffee tables in stitched leather and brass, the top is covered in leather and the second level in a laminate.
32x55x23. Top Height is 21"
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Jacques Adnet Furniture
Materials
Brass
Adnet Style Leather & Dark Jouve Style Lava Stone Tiles Table, France 1950's
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
A minimal coffee table in the manner of Jacques Adnet. The steel frame is fully wrapped in a tobacco brown leather with a recessed top made of enameled lava stone tiles at one inch t...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Modern Jacques Adnet Furniture
Materials
Lava, Steel
Jacques Adnet Leather, Oak & Brass Table, France 1950's
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
Elegant Jacques Adnet center table or writing desk in stitched leather with an oak top. The leather was expertly restored as per the original by the foremost restoration studio in the USA. It has a double-sided U...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Jacques Adnet Furniture
Materials
Brass
Jacques Adnet Style Mirrored Cocktail Table, France 1940's
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
A Jacques Adnet mirrored table in the artist's classic vernacular, a simple yet strong shape clad in mirror.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Jacques Adnet Furniture
Materials
Metal
Valenti / Adnet Reading Floor Lamps, France 1950's
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
Pair of hand-stitched reading lamps in a rich deep burgundy leather. Great condition and rare as a pair.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Jacques Adnet Furniture
Materials
Steel, Brass
Jacques Adnet Reeded Walnut & Leather Coffee Table, France 1960's
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
Elegant reeded table by Jacques Adnet with leather and brass nail details.
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Jacques Adnet Furniture
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Jacques Adnet Black Leather Coffee Table, France 1950's
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
A classic Jacques Adnet cocktail table in stitched leather, brass & glass. The base rests on brass spheres. En suite with a pair of end tables in another listing.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Jacques Adnet Furniture
Materials
Brass, Steel
Jacques Adnet Center Table in Stitched Leather, Bronze and Gllass, France, 1950s
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional center table by Jacques Adnet clad in tobacco brown leather, its four legs joined by an X-stretcher and a large brass frame supports the glass top, it rests on bronze feet.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Jacques Adnet Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Jacques Adnet Curved Desk Lamp With Black Leather Trim, France 1950's
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
Desk lamp made for various embassies by Jacques Adnet, this one bears a bronze medallion identifying it as coming from the Canadian Embassy.
Stitched leather and parchment shade. A r...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Jacques Adnet Furniture
Materials
Brass
Lidded Glass & Leather Box by Jacques Adnet, France 1950's
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
Leather-lidded cast glass box with a bronze star accent.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Jacques Adnet Furniture
Materials
Brass
Jacques Adnet Style Black Leather Belt Mirror, France 1960's
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
Jacques Adnet style leather covered mirror hanging on a leather belt.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Jacques Adnet Furniture
Materials
Brass, Cut Steel
Jacques Adnet Leather and Brass End Table, France 1950's
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
End table in leather and brass with a glass top and a drawer that swivels out.
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Jacques Adnet Furniture
Materials
Brass
Valenti / Jacques Adnet Dual Cone Floor Lamp, France, 1950's
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
Original Tobacco leather over steel with brass hardware.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Jacques Adnet Furniture
Materials
Brass, Steel
Jacques Adnet Style Magazine Rack, France 1950's
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
Wrought iron and stitched leather magazine holder by Jacques Adnet.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Jacques Adnet Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Adjustable Adnet Style Reading Lamp with Leather Lampshade, France 1950's
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
Elegant adjustable floor lamp with swinging arm and a leather lampshade.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Jacques Adnet Furniture
Materials
Brass, Iron
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Havana leather color.
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Jacques Adnet Faux Bamboo Wastepaper Basket
Located in Henley-on Thames, Oxfordshire
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Chromed metal, Burgundy leather and glass
Great condition.
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Pair of armchairs by Jacques Adnet
By Compagnie Des Arts Français, Jacques Adnet
Located in Uccle, BE
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Lacquered Metal, Brass and Glass Coffee Table by Jacques Adnet
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Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
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An Armchair, Attributed to Jacques Adnet, France, 1950s
By (after) Jean Michel Frank, Jules Leleu, Jacques Adnet
Located in LEWES, GB
A 1950s club armchair attributed to Jacques Adnet. Newly upholstered in premium, pure, taupe Alpaca fabric. Fast shipping worldwide.
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Jacques Adnet Stitched Blue Leather & Travertine Coffee Table, France 1950's
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
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Jacques Adnet Brass & Leather End Tables, France 1950's
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
Large end table in stitched leather and patinated brass, the legs end on walnut balls and the tops have brass screws holding the trims.
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Mid-20th Century French Modern Jacques Adnet Furniture
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Jacques Adnet Leather Box, France 1950's
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
Elegant box in stitched leather, the body is wrapped and folded on a seam, the lid is equipped with a whimsical "hand" handle.
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Brass
Tri Headed Floor Lamp by Jacques Adnet, France 1950's
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
Fully Adjustable floor lamp by J Adnet with three arms, leather stitched stem, and hand-stitched shades. The height and diameter listed vary with arm position.
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Mid-20th Century French Modern Jacques Adnet Furniture
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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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Jacques Adnet End Table in Blue Leather & Cobalt St. Gobain Glass, France 1950's
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
Commission end table by Jacques Adnet in a rare blue leather with striking cobalt blue Saint Gobain glass shelves. This model in brown leather is documented in the monograph on the a...
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Jacques Adnet Style Leather Stitched and Brass Table Lamp, France 1960's
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
Brass & leather table lamp by Jacques Adnet, rewired with a silk cord and a keyed Edison socket. The base only is 17''x7''. No Shade included.
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Jacques Adnet Dual Cone Floor Lamp, France 1950's
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
Medium brown dual cone reading lamp in stitched leather. Rewired.
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Part of Adnet Style Small Tables in Leather and Smoked Glass
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
Chic pair of Adnet style small tables. Leather with signature saddle stitch detail. Condition consistent with age and use.
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Jacques Adnet Desk in Oak, France, 1950's
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
Handsome oak desk with a single drawer by Jacques Adnet.
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Large Jacques Adnet Mirror, France 1940's
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
A large and exceptional Jacques Adnet shadowbox mirror, all original glass with brass hardware. It is the largest version of this mirror we've seen to date.
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Jacques Adnet Leather & Glass Catchall, France 1950's
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
Jacques Adnet "vide poche" in its original leather stitched base.
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Jacques Adnet Furniture
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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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