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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1950's Stitched leather center table or game table by Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
Large stitched leather center table or game table by Jacques Adnet Oak top France 1950's
Leather, Oak
Jean-Pierre Ryckaert Tan Leather Strap and Steel Coffee Table
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Hastings, GB
Superb Leather Strap and Steel Brutalist coffee or centre table, designed by Jean-Pierre Ryckaert in France in the 1950s. the thick leather straps wraparound the bent steel legs and ...
Steel
1950s Stitched Leather Center Table by Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
1950s stitched leather center table by Jacques Adnet France.
Metal
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...
Brass
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.
Bronze
$42,000
Jacques Adnet Table/Desk
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Wonderful Jacques Adnet table which could also be used as a desk. Beautiful slatted wood top and signature caramel leather legs with contrast stitch detail New leather beautifully...
Leather, Oak
1950's Stitched Leather Table by Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
Rare Stitched Leather table by Jacques Adnet Model not very common Great dimensions.
Leather, Glass
$14,000 / set
H 18.5 in W 20 in D 16 in
Jacques Adnet, French Mid-Century Modern, Nesting Tables, Leather, Brass, 1950s
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Manhasset, NY
Jacques Adnet, French Mid-Century Modern, Nesting Tables, Leather, Brass, 1950s Set of three nesting tables designed by Jacques Adnet (French, 1900-1984) and produced in France circ...
Brass
$7,200 / item
H 16 in W 52 in D 30 in
Fog Coffee Table by CAUV Design Acid Etched Glass Burnished Steel and Redwood
By Joseph Cauvel of CAUV Design
Located in North Branch, NY
Inspired by thick foggy days on the water front that allow us a glimpse of far away beauty through a hazy lens and some hidden details kept secret for a clear sky day. The "Fog" coffee table is an exploration of both wood and metal joinery in which the lines and joints are kept simple and open to the eye of the beholder. A frame of plasma cut steel plates mortised into wood rectangles. The plate steel is jointed and welds hidden before hand sanding a grain into the surface and sealing. Wood (shown in reclaimed water tower redwood) is groove mortised to allow the steel to pass seamlessly across the plane. This frame is topped with a grey tinted, acid etched, glass top which allows stunning views...
Metal
Jacques Adnet Green Leather and Wood Game Table, 1950s France
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning leather table by French designer Jacques Adnet. Green leather wrapped bamboo style legs with leather wrapped top and corners. Original wood tabletop. Brass detailing through...
Brass
French Jacques Adnet Brass Mounted Black Lacquered Writing Desk
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Queens, NY
French 1940s brass mounted black lacquered bureau plat /writing desk with tan leather inset top above a range of frieze drawers (attributed to Jacques Adnet).
Brass
$32,979
H 30.52 in W 51.58 in D 24.22 in
Rare Desk and Armchair by Jacques Adnet, Stitched Leather and Skaï, 1950s
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Paris, FR
These desk and armchair by Jacques Adnet are quite rare with its marine type handles. Thea are completely covered with a mix of leather and skaï (faux leather) which is saddle-stitch...
Metal, Brass
$45,000
H 29.33 in Dm 43.7 in
Jacques Adnet Round Dining Table, Stitched Black Leather and Brass, circa 1950
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Atlanta, GA
Museum‑Level Jacques Adnet Leather‑Wrapped Dining Table, Rare Round Form, 1950s A truly exceptional Jacques Adnet masterpiece, this round dining table represents the pinnacle of the ...
Brass, Metal
Jacques Adnet Black Leather Side Table, 1950s France
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning leather telephone/side table by Jacques Adnet. Iron frame completely wrapped in black leather with tabletop and lower shelf. Signature Adnet contrast stitching. Brass ball f...
Brass, Iron
$3,700 / item
H 11.82 in W 66.93 in D 39.38 in
Adaptable Fan Coffee Table in Steel and Wood by Tiago Curioni
By Tiago Curioni
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
With 3 independent tops that pivot on the same axis, the piece is suitable for small environments, but also for larger spaces, being able to acquire up to 1.70m of wingspan when opened. Available in natural or ebonized oak finishing, the fan coffee table...
Steel
1950s French Brutalist Glass Coffee Table By Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in High Point, NC
This 1950s French Brutalist glass coffee table by Jacques Adnet embodies the designer’s signature balance of rigor, material honesty, and sculptural restraint. The forged metal base ...
Metal
$5,160Sale Price|20% Off
H 29.5 in W 39.75 in D 23.5 in
French 19th-20th Century Louis XVI, Mahogany & Gilt-Bronze Mounted Centre Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French 19th-20th century Louis XVI. Mahogany and gilt-bronze mounted centre - Writing table with tooled leather top, Paris, circa 1900. Measures: Height 29 1/2 inches (74.9 cm) ...
Bronze
Attila Coffee or Low Centre Table by Jean-Michel Wilmotte
By Jean-Michel Wilmotte
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Attila table by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Interesting proportions. Tall coffee table or low centre table. Referenced and documented.
Steel
Architectural French Oak Center or Game Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant Architectural French Oak Center or Game Table. Very sturdy. Great as a small desk or writing table as well.
Oak
Jacques Adnet Table
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Wonderful Jacques Adnet table which could also be used as a desk. Beautiful slatted oak wood top and signature caramel leather legs with contrast stitch detail New leather beautif...
Leather, Oak
Jacques Adnet Low Table in Mahogany
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French Forties Art Deco low center/side/cocktail table by Jacques Adnet in mahogany with bronze mounts. Measures: 30" diameter x 21" high. Jacques Adnet (1900-1984) An i...
Bronze
Sold
H 13.78 in W 46.46 in D 23.63 in
Jacques Adnet French Coffee Table for Hermès, Leather, Steel, Crystal, 1950
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Valladolid, ES
One of a kind piece, unique, leather, steel and crystal coffee table designed by Jacques Adnet (1900-1984), who was a French Art Deco modernist designer, architect and interior designer. He was known for his furniture designs in leather. He works for the Hermès French House during the 1950 He died in 1984 having created a legacy of fine design that feels modern even today. This piece was made for order of Hermès...
Crystal, Steel
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H 29.14 in W 39.38 in D 39.38 in
Jacques Adnet Artdeco Black Dinningtable Lacquered Wood Brass Bronze Round
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Valladolid, ES
Outstanding and very refined round table by Jacques Adnet (1900-1984) one of the best architects and interior designers in the first half of the 20th century. This table is in Frenc...
Brass, Bronze
Jacques Adnet Leather Covered Dining Table, France, 1950
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Stunning and very extraordinary dining table designed by Jacques Adnet and manufactured by Atalier Jacques Adnet, France, 1950. This super nice shaped and super quality table has a m...
Brass
Art Deco Coffee Table by Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Black lacquered wood round coffee table. Composed of a black lacquered circular top and round trunk standing on a round base decorated with a brass border. 1930s French Art Deco wo...