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
1950's Stitched leather game table by Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
A Rare French Midcentury Modern hand stitched leather game table by Jacques Adnet, circa 1955. Adnet had a rare talent for creating works that had used exquisite form and lines with...
Leather
Mid Century Style Leather Top Game Table
By Theodore Alexander
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Mid-Century Modern style leather top square game table. The gilt-tooled leather top is ready for play, with pivoting hinged drawers on ...
Leather, Wood
$1,492Sale 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
Jacques Adnet Brown Leather Coffee Table, France 1950's
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
Blackened wrought iron and original stitched leather coffee table with a smoked glass insert.
Wrought Iron
Antique English Leather Top Game Table
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome antique English game table crafted in mahogany with the original tooled leather top, geometric inlays and elegant tapered legs.
Leather, Mahogany
19th Century English Game Table
Located in Southampton, NY
19th century late Regency English game table.
Mahogany
Jacques Adnet Magazine Table, France, 1950's
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
Green Leather over blackened steel with brass accents, this side table has a very stylish magazine rack built in. 19x11x21
Leather
Bespoke Vintage Zebra Wood Multi Game Flip Table
Located in Las Vegas, NV
This hand crafted bespoke double sided, flip game table is incredible. The gorgeous zebra wood construction and leather tops really set this piece off. A truly unique piece. The t...
Zebra Wood
Pair of French Tables Inspired by Jacques Adnet
By Jean Prouvé, Jules Leleu, Gio Ponti, Jacques Adnet, André Arbus
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of French tables inspired by Jacques Adnet. This stunning pair of French modern brass and fruitwood tables, side tables, gueridons, bedside tables or nightstands are a very vers...
Brass
1950s Harvey Probber Travertine and Ebonized Wood Dining or Game Table
By Harvey Probber
Located in Dallas, TX
Bold, geometric dining or game table designed and manufactured by Harvey Probber for Modern. With cross-hatching legs and an octagonal top of travertine outlined by a thick beveled e...
Travertine
$1,043
H 30.32 in W 33.08 in D 33.08 in
Vintage 1950s Game Table, Foldable Wood and Fabric, Netherlands
Located in Lemmer, NL
vintage game table gaming table table 1950s Side table from the 1950s that can be rotated and unfolded into a gaming table. Features a handy storage space under the table. perio...
Fabric, Wood
$22,942
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
Poul Hundevad Mid Century Rosewood Expanding Game Table
By Poul Hundevad
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Poul Hundevad mid century rosewood expanding game table The table measures: 35.25 wide x 35.25 deep x 27 high, with a chair clearance of 23.5 inche...
Rosewood
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