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 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
1950's Stitched Leather Game Table by Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
What's a beauty !!! This table is just stunning. Look at the pics, this better than all description ;-) 1950's Stitched leather game table by Jacques Adnet France.
Brass
Mid Century Leather Top Game Table
By Theodore Alexander
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Mid-Century Modern leather top square game table. The gilt-tooled leather top is ready for play, with pivoting hinged drawers on the fr...
Leather, Wood
$1,548Sale Price|20% Off
H 29.93 in W 31.7 in D 22.84 in
French Game Table Napoleon III Period - Louis XV Style - 19th Century - France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very nice game table on high legs style Louis XV from the Napoleon 3 period of the 19th century. The wood is finely inlaid with floral and vegetal motifs. The legs are curved, the tips of the legs are in metal, while metal decorations are present on the tops of the legs. The table opens to the depth and rotates to the length. The game board, once opened, is held in place by a drawer that opens on the right side (also serving as storage for the games). The table top measures 116cm (45.6 inch) x 58cm (22.8 inch) Very fine and sophisticated work, this table will give elegance to any type of interior decoration. The Louis XIV style is a furnishing style covering more or less the period of the reign of Louis XIV (1661 to 1715). This style is characterized by the majesty and richness of its furnishings. The Louis XIV style follows the Louis XIII style. The furniture is increasingly luxurious, but unlike previous styles, it is almost no longer inspired by architecture. There are two kinds of furniture: ceremonial furniture richly decorated with veneers and inlays (especially with André-Charles Boulle), solid giltwood and bourgeois furniture in solid wood. The style is characterized above all by its absolute symmetry and an important and ostentatious Dimension. The Louis XIV style is of Italian and ancient inspiration. The style emerged with the advent of the reign of Louis XIV in 1661 and lasted until the end of the 17th century. In 1690, on the death of Lebrun, decorator to the King, the style declined and was gradually replaced by the Regency style. The Palace of Versailles is obviously extremely and lastingly marked by the Louis XIV style. His long reign made it possible to impose the unique style of the Grand...
Wood
$23,348
H 28.94 in W 35.44 in D 35.44 in
Jacques Grange Game Table from the Estate of Yves Saint Laurent
By Jacques Grange
Located in Soho, London, GB
Game table in Cerused oak by Jacques Grange designed for Yves Saint Laurent's studio in Avenue de Breteuil. The table top has one side in felt and one side in Cerused oak. Original...
Felt, Oak
Leather Stitched Side Table by Jacques Adnet, c. 1950
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York City, NY
Side table with stitched leather legs and wooden table top.
Leather, Wood
$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
Leather Backgammon Game Table by Kreiss Collection
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Glamorous 1990’s leather backgammon table by Kreiss Collection. Design for backgammon but top flips so you can play cards. Shows some wear consistent with age. Measurements: 28” ...
Leather, Wood
Period French Art Deco Game Table
By André Arbus, Jules Leleu, Maison Dominique, Dominique, Andre Domin & Marcel Genevriere for Maison Dominique
Located in Houston, TX
Period French Art Deco game table. Stylish French Art Deco mahogany game table after Dominique. Open dimensions: 27 inches H, 35.5 inches D...
Mahogany
19th Century English Game Table
Located in Southampton, NY
19th century late Regency English game table.
Mahogany
Jacques Adnet Leather Coffee Table, 1950s
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Well proportioned French modernist leather coffee table by Jacques Adnet. Iron frame entirely wrapped in black leather, with delicate bends give this piece stunning presence. Very we...
Metal, Brass
Pierre Deux Game Table Flip Top Leather
By Pierre Deux
Located in Lake Worth, FL
For FULL item description click on More Details below. Shipping Quote Information The shipping quote stated in the listing was from 1st Dibs and they normally set all the costs and ...
Leather, Mahogany
Guglielmo Ulrich Game Table, Italy 1950's
By Guglielmo Ulrich
Located in New York, NY
Flip top game table, when not in use the wood top has a sun marquetry, on the flip side, a velvet insert lets you play cards, each player has it’s own little pull out drink tray.
Walnut
Vintage 1950s Bent Rattan Game Table Set
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This exceptional 1950s game table set is a quintessential example of mid-century tropical modernism, perfect for those seeking to infuse their home with organic texture and vintage c...
Upholstery, Rattan
Game Table Set (4 chairs) by Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Miami, FL
An important Art Deco game table set (includes 4 chairs) in Oak Wood (table) and Cherry Wood ( chairs) with a Goat Skin top. Designed by Jacque Adnet. ...
Leather, Cherry, Oak
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H 28.94 in W 30.12 in D 30.12 in
Bridge or Games Table with Folding Legs by Jacques Adnet, France
By Jacques Adnet, Compagnie Des Arts Français
Located in Uccle, BE
Bridge table with folding legs, entirely covered in saddle stitched leather. Steel legs covered in saddle stitched black leather. The top als...
Leather
Jacques Adnet, Game Table, France, 1950
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Catonvielle, FR
Jacques Adnet, folding game table in lacquered metal, brass and stitched leather, France 1950. The top is lined with green felt, surrounded by a stitched and studded leather border. ...
Metal, Brass
Stitched Leather Game Table by Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
Rare stitched leather game table by Jacques Adnet.
Brass
Jacques Adnet Black Leather Game Table
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning leather table by French designer Jacques Adnet. Leather wrapped bamboo style legs with leather wrapped top and corners. Brass detailing throughout. Signature Adnet contrast stitching throughout. Excellent vintage condition. Game table folds down for transport. Beautiful piece of Adnet! Set of 4 leather Adnet chairs that match the table available in separate listing. Matching table in green leather...
Brass
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H 29.34 in W 30.12 in D 30.12 in
Jacques Adnet Folding Table Hand-Stitched Black Leather Bamboo Brass Design
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Atlanta, GA
Stunning leather occasional table designed by French designer Jacques Adnet. Folding table shape with hand-stitched black leather. Leather wrapped bamboo style legs and corners with ...
Brass
Jacques Adnet Leather Game Table
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning leather table by French designer Jacques Adnet. Leather wrapped bamboo style legs with leather wrapped top and corners. Brass detailing throughout. Signature Adnet contrast ...
Brass