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Jacques Adnet Wall Lights and Sconces

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
Pair of Wall Lights Designed by Jacques Adnet, From the Nevada line, France, 50s
Pair of Wall Lights Designed by Jacques Adnet, From the Nevada line, France, 50s

Pair of Wall Lights Designed by Jacques Adnet, From the Nevada line, France, 50s

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Pair of very rare wall lights designed by Jacques Adnet, from the Nevada line, France, 1950s. These sculptural wall sconces exemplify Adnet's refined post-war language, where rigor ...

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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jacques Adnet Wall Lights and Sconces

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Metal, Brass

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pairs of Jacques Adnet  style Wall Sconces Art Deco France

pairs of Jacques Adnet style Wall Sconces Art Deco France

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Jacques Adnet wall sconces. We have the matching chandelier. PRICED by PAIR.  Measurements: Back plate: 5.3/4 inches H, 2.5 inches W. With shade: 13 inches W, 7 inches D projectio...

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1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jacques Adnet Wall Lights and Sconces

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Metal, Brass

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

1950's Stitched leather sconces by Jacques Adnet

By Jacques Adnet

Located in Bois-Colombes, FR

1950's Pair of Stitched leather sconces by Jacques Adnet Great condition France A Rare French Midcentury Modern hand stitched leather sconces by Jacques Adnet, circa 1955. Adnet had ...

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1950s French Vintage Jacques Adnet Wall Lights and Sconces

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Metal

Pair of 1950's Stitched Leather Sconces by Jacques Adnet
Pair of 1950's Stitched Leather Sconces by Jacques Adnet

Pair of 1950's Stitched Leather Sconces by Jacques Adnet

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Very nice pair of tall Jacques Adnet stitched leather sconces burgundy leather and brass star.

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1950s European Vintage Jacques Adnet Wall Lights and Sconces

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1960 Large pair of sconce-lanterns by Jacque Adnet
1960 Large pair of sconce-lanterns by Jacque Adnet

1960 Large pair of sconce-lanterns by Jacque Adnet

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1960s French Vintage Jacques Adnet Wall Lights and Sconces

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Brass

Pair of 1950's Stitched Leather Sconces by Jacques Adnet
Pair of 1950's Stitched Leather Sconces by Jacques Adnet

Pair of 1950's Stitched Leather Sconces by Jacques Adnet

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Pair of 1950's Original stitched leather sconces by Jacques Adnet Very nice caramel leather with soft patina France.

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1950s French Vintage Jacques Adnet Wall Lights and Sconces

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Metal

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

1950's Stitched leather sconces by Jacques Adnet

By Jacques Adnet

Located in Bois-Colombes, FR

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1950s French Vintage Jacques Adnet Wall Lights and Sconces

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Brass

1950s Stitched Leather Sconces by Jacques Adnet
1950s Stitched Leather Sconces by Jacques Adnet

1950s Stitched Leather Sconces by Jacques Adnet

By Jacques Adnet

Located in Bois-Colombes, FR

1950s stitched leather sconces with bronze horse head great condition France.

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1950s European Vintage Jacques Adnet Wall Lights and Sconces

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

Pair of 1950's Stitched leather sconces by Jacques Adnet

By Jacques Adnet

Located in Bois-Colombes, FR

Rare pair of stitched leather "horse head" sconces by Jacques Adnet Bronze and leather France Circa 1950's

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1950s French Vintage Jacques Adnet Wall Lights and Sconces

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Bronze

Rare  Set of Four French Sconces by Jaques Adnet
Rare  Set of Four French Sconces by Jaques Adnet

Rare Set of Four French Sconces by Jaques Adnet

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We have over three thousand antique sconces and over one thousand antique lights, if you need a specific pair of sconces or lights, use the contact dealer button to ask us, we might ...

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1950s French Vintage Jacques Adnet Wall Lights and Sconces

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1950's Stitched Leather "Anchor" Sconces by Jacques Adnet
1950's Stitched Leather "Anchor" Sconces by Jacques Adnet

1950's Stitched Leather "Anchor" Sconces by Jacques Adnet

By Jacques Adnet

Located in Bois-Colombes, FR

Rare pair of Stitched Leather "anchor " sconces designed by Jacques Adnet France 1950.

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1950s Vintage Jacques Adnet Wall Lights and Sconces

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Metal

Pair of 1950's Stitched Leather Sconces by Jacques Adnet
Pair of 1950's Stitched Leather Sconces by Jacques Adnet

Pair of 1950's Stitched Leather Sconces by Jacques Adnet

By Jacques Adnet

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Pair of Stitched leather sconces designed by Jacques Adnet France Very good condition.  

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1950s Vintage Jacques Adnet Wall Lights and Sconces

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Jacques Adnet wall lights and sconces for sale on 1stDibs.

Jacques Adnet wall lights and sconces 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 wall lights and sconces, although beige editions of this piece are particularly popular. Prices for Jacques Adnet wall lights and sconces can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $16,079 and can go as high as $16,079, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $16,079.