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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Nice Baccarat Crystal and Jacques Adnet Liquor Bottles Set
By Baccarat, Jacques Adnet
Located in Brussels, BE
Nice Baccarat crystal and Jacques Adnet liquor bottles set, circa 1930. In perfect and original conditions. With key.
Crystal, Metal
$16,503
H 5.12 in Dm 8.67 in
Fabulous pair of Baccarat crystal candelabras, by Jacques Adnet, France, 1935
By Baccarat, Jacques Adnet
Located in Paris, FR
Jacques Adnet, a French architect and designer, began his career at one of the first modern art workshops, La Maîtrise, directed by Maurice Dufrêne. In 1928, Jacques Adnet found hims...
Crystal, Bronze
Baccarat French Crystal Vase
By Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and substantial clear transparent crystal vase from French luxury crystal Maison Baccarat, circa late-20th century, France. This elegant vase has long vertical bevel cuts around exterior accentuating its beauty. Beautiful as a standalone piece or with a few flowers at a bedside, vanity, or for a bathroom, desk/office, side table, etc. Markers' mark/acid stamp "Baccarat" "France" on underside, authenticating piece, as shown in last image. Dimensions: 1.75" Diameter x 6.88" Height. Baccarat Heart...
Crystal
Baccarat Crystal Lidded Candy Dish or Mustard Bowl, Signed French Crystal
By Baccarat
Located in Miami, FL
Baccarat Crystal Lidded Candy Dish or Mustard Bowl, Signed French Crystal A fine Baccarat crystal lidded candy dish or mustard bowl, showcasing the ...
Crystal
$1,560Sale Price|20% Off
H 30 in Dm 11 in
Monumental Antique Cut Crystal Glass Brandy Liquor Bar Dispenser Decanter 1880
Located in Portland, OR
A rare Antique American crystal brandy/liquor bar dispenser, circa 1880. The crystal dispenser is of monumental size. The lidded dispenser having a faceted lid with a cut & faceted f...
Crystal
$188Sale Price|20% Off
H 11.82 in W 4.73 in D 4.73 in
Crystal Liquor Decanter from the Interwar Period - Bohemian cut
Located in Opole, PL
Crystal Liquor Decanter from the Interwar Period with Bohemian cut We present you a crystal decanter from the Interwar Period. This item is i...
Crystal
French Victorian Green Baccarat Crystal Perfume Bottles
By Baccarat
Located in Queens, NY
French Victorian green Baccarat crystal perfume bottle with swirl design
Crystal
$556Sale Price|20% Off
H 7 in Dm 1.5 in
Belle Epoque Baccarat Attributed Four-Leaf Clover Ormolu Mounted Vase
By Baccarat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Belle Époque Baccarat (Attributed) four-leaf clover ormolu mounted vase, with typical gilt 'chipped ice' crystal mounted in a continuous frame of clo...
Crystal, Ormolu
Jacques Adnet Crystal and Bronze Candelabrum for Baccarat
By Jacques Adnet, Baccarat
Located in Long Island City, NY
A four-light crystal and bronze candelabrum designed by Jacques Adnet for Baccarat. The metal surface has a warm patina.
Crystal, Bronze
French Victorian Cranberry Baccarat Crystal Perfume Bottles
By Baccarat
Located in Queens, NY
French Victorian cranberry colored Baccarat crystal perfume bottles with swirl design and stopper (PRICED EACH)
Crystal
French Victorian Baccarat Crystal Perfume Bottle
By Baccarat
Located in Queens, NY
French Victorian clear Baccarat crystal perfume bottle with swirl design and stopper
Crystal
Drinks Decanter Set in Amber and Clear Cut Crystal and Silver
Located in Barcelona, ES
Unmatching pair of Art Deco cut crystal and silver decanters with stoppers. Spain, 1930s Beautiful set of a cut crystal amber drinks decanter and a clear cut crystal one. Each one has a different design and stoppers in different shape. Eye-catching placed together. The clear one has a polished sterling silver neck support and the amber decanter...
Crystal, Metal, Silver
$8,000
H 6 in W 17 in D 9 in
Crystal Inkwells and Pen Trays Desk Set by Jacques Adnet and Baccarat, France
By Jacques Adnet, Baccarat
Located in North Miami, FL
Early 20th century Art Déco crystal desk set of inkwells and pen Trays by Jacques Adnet manufactured by Baccarat, France By: Jacques Adnet, Baccarat Material: glass, crystal Techniq...
Crystal
Mid-Century French Cut Crystal Decanter Set by Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of Mid-Century crystal cut decanters with brass bottle neck rings in brass and tan leather holder (with lock and key). The set is in very good...
Crystal, Brass