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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Jacques Adnet, Large Square Center Table, France, 1955
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
This table was part of a project Jacques Adnet undertook with fellow designer André Arbus to redecorate the Palais des Consuls de Rouen in 1955.
Mahogany
$10,842
H 29.14 in W 45.28 in D 76.78 in
Elegant French 19' Century Oval Extending Large Walnut Dining Table
Located in Rome, IT
A large late 19th century, French oval extending walnut dining table with paneled frieze and gilt bronze decoration , legs ending in capes and casters. Available 3 extensions. Measu...
Walnut
Mid Century Italian Square Onyx & Blush Marble Dining Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A stunning marble dining from Italy, circa 1980's. It features a large 38 x 40 top that seats 4 comfortably. Beautiful natural onyx top. Traditional column base in a blush colored ma...
Marble, Onyx
Large FineFrench Art Deco Macassar Ebony Oval Dining Table
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large fine French Art Deco two pedestals macassar ebony oval dining table. Price include restoration (done) and refinishing per your request.
Ebony
$4,400
H 30 in W 60 in D 40 in
Oval Walnut Square Tapered Legs Mid Century Modern Dining Conference Table Mint
By John Widdicomb, T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Oval Walnut Square Tapered Legs Mid Century Modern Dining Conference Table MINT One table leaf measuring 12'' across.
Walnut
$3,250
H 29.25 in W 59 in D 29.5 in
A Mid Century French oak library table, in the manner of Jacques Adnet, C. 1940.
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The molded edge top over a straight sided apron, supported by square tapering legs ending in brass sabots. The table was recently removed from a law firm in Paris. One of four tables...
Oak
Oval French-Style Dining Table
Located in Greenwich, CT
Our Yvelines dining table is made out of white oak and finished in a custom paint treatment. Includes 2 18" leaves. Hand built in our Norwalk, CT this table comfortably seats eight t...
Oak
$5,800
H 29 in W 50 in D 53 in
Cassina Large Square Flip Top Expandable Dining Conference Table Blond Birch
By Cassina
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Cassina large square flip top expandable dining conference table blond birch. Large square table converts 100" long rectangle dining or conference tab...
Birch
Large Deep Black Steel Dining Table
By Argosy Designs
Located in Treadwell, NY
Collection I: Marianas table The Marianas table is an expansive presence in a room. Featuring a tabletop constructed from Richlite, a paper-based material infused with resin, the ...
Steel
Round Brass Burl Wood Glass Top Center Dining Conference Table Henredon
By Henredon, Mastercraft
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern brass burlwood dining table with 3/4 inch round glass top. Stunning accent piece of furniture. The pedestal will work with larger diameter glass.
Brass
$26,985Sale Price|7% Off
H 29.14 in W 53.55 in D 66.93 in
Large Late 18th Century, French Oval Extending Walnut Dining Table
Located in Rome, IT
A large late 18th century, French oval extending walnut dining table with paneled frieze and five extensions, legs ending in capes and casters. Measurements: Height cm 74. Width...
Wood
$6,622 / item
H 30 in W 36 in D 72 in
Live Edge Pecan Table Clear Finish on Modern Black Steel Square Base
By Alabama Sawyer
Located in Birmingham, AL
We call our live edge pecan table clear finish on Modern black steel square base a "Sunrise table", as it combines elements of minimalism, rustic and Indus...
Steel
$4,400
H 29 in W 33 in D 33 in
Danish Mid-Century Modern Square Teak Refectory Extension Boards Dining Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Danish Mid-Century Modern square teak Refectory 15" extension boards dining game table mint.
Teak
Extendable Presentation Table by Jacques Adnet, France
By Jacques Adnet, Compagnie Des Arts Français
Located in Uccle, BE
Presentation table with extensions, in solid walnut, the top in marquetry. The table top is supported by four sturdy but elegant legs, the legs are circular and square at the juncti...
Wood