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Jacques Adnet Lanterns

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
1950's Stitched leather lantern by Jacques Adnet
1950's Stitched leather lantern by Jacques Adnet

1950's Stitched leather lantern by Jacques Adnet

By Jacques Adnet

Located in Bois-Colombes, FR

1950's Stitched leather lantern by Jacques Adnet Burgundy leather

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1950s French Vintage Jacques Adnet Lanterns

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Leather, Fabric

1950's Stitched Leather Lantern by Jacques Adnet
1950's Stitched Leather Lantern by Jacques Adnet

1950's Stitched Leather Lantern by Jacques Adnet

By Jacques Adnet

Located in Bois-Colombes, FR

1950's Stitched leather lantern by Jacques Adnet. Great condition Possibility of a second one to make a pair. Price given for one.

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1950s French Vintage Jacques Adnet Lanterns

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Metal

Pair of 1950's Stitched leather lanterns by Jacques Adnet
Pair of 1950's Stitched leather lanterns by Jacques Adnet

Pair of 1950's Stitched leather lanterns by Jacques Adnet

By Jacques Adnet

Located in Bois-Colombes, FR

1950's Stitched leather pair of lanterns by Jacques Adnet Great quality Good condition France

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1940s French Vintage Jacques Adnet Lanterns

Materials

Brass

1950's Stitched Leather Pair of Lanterns of Lantern by Jacques Adnet
1950's Stitched Leather Pair of Lanterns of Lantern by Jacques Adnet

1950's Stitched Leather Pair of Lanterns of Lantern by Jacques Adnet

By Jacques Adnet

Located in Bois-Colombes, FR

Pair of stitched leather lanterns by Jacques Adnet We can eventually split the pair. Dimensions given without the chain Chain is :43 cm long    

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1950s European Vintage Jacques Adnet Lanterns

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Brass

1950's Stitched Leather Lantern by Jacques Adnet
1950's Stitched Leather Lantern by Jacques Adnet

1950's Stitched Leather Lantern by Jacques Adnet

By Jacques Adnet

Located in Bois-Colombes, FR

1950's stitched leather lantern by Jacques Adnet Black leather France.

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1950s European Vintage Jacques Adnet Lanterns

Materials

Metal

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Jacques Adnet lanterns for sale on 1stDibs.

Jacques Adnet lanterns are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of metal and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Jacques Adnet lanterns, although black editions of this piece are particularly popular. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider lanterns by Atelier Jean Perzel, Holophane, and Maison Baguès. Prices for Jacques Adnet lanterns can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $7,118 and can go as high as $19,960, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $12,752.