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, Art Deco Modernist Guéridon with Parchment and Chrome
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Jacques Adnet, Art Deco guéridon modernist with parchment and chrome circa 1930.
Chrome
1950's Stitched Leather and formica Circular table by Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
Very nice stitched leather table with red formica top Black leather feet BY Jacques Adnet France
Leather, Formica
Jacques Adnet, Pedestal table covered in green leather with saddle stitching.
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Jacques Adnet, Pedestal table covered in green leather with saddle stitching, circa 1970, France. Height 71 cm, diameter 51 cm.
Leather
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
Jacques Adnet Style French Clock Table, circa 1950
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Miami, FL
Jacques Adnet style French clock table, circa 1950, animals and music instrument décor, see pictures Unusual piece, bronze, brass and faux leather.
Brass, Bronze
Art Deco Blond Walnut Gueridon
Located in Austin, TX
Gueridon from the French Art Deco period made of blond walnut. The architectural 1930 table boasts three curved legs connecting the thick top and the triangular stretcher. We loved t...
Walnut
Spanish Art Deco Carved Alabaster Gueridon Table
Located in Barcelona, ES
Gueridon Side Table / Drinks Table in Turned Alabaster, Spain, 1930s-1940s. Manufactured at the Art Deco Period. Elegant alabaster side table with round top and pedestal round base. ...
Alabaster
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 Cocktail Table by Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
1950's stitched leather cocktail table, the top is a black opaline Great condition France.
Metal
$33,017
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
1950's Stitched leather side table By Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
Unusual side or cocktail table in stitched leather by Jacques Adnet Very good vintage condition with a deep patina France
Leather, Wood
$2,450
H 26.78 in W 21.26 in D 21.26 in
Art Deco Orientalist Gueridon Table with Embossed Brass Top 1930s
Located in Tilburg, NL
Art Deco Orientalist Gueridon Table with Embossed Brass Top 1930s. This is a very rare and wonderful art deco side table / gueridon table with a ...
Brass
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
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
$1,875
H 22 in W 28 in D 28 in
Charles X Style Calais Cherry & Brass Gueridon Pedestal Table by Davis Cabinet
By Davis Cabinet Company
Located in Germantown, MD
Davis cabinet Company Charles X Style Calais Cherry and solid Brass Gueridon Pedestal Table. Measures 28 inches in diameter and stands 22.5 inches tall. Good vintage condition.
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
Guéridon by Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Jolie table d’appoint ou guéridon rotatif de Jacques Adnet en cuir, métal et laiton
Metal, Brass
Jacques Adnet : Brown stitched leather tripod gueridon c.1950
By Jacques Adnet
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Jacques ADNET (1900-1984) : Rare and elegant rond tripod low table/ Gueridon made of stitched brown "Fauve" leather on metallic structure ended by round miror polished brass balls Ro...
Brass
Jacques Adnet Side Table
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Beautiful modernist gueridon by Jacques Adnet designed in the 1950s. Wrought iron base with its original Saint Gobain glass.
Iron
1950's Stitched Leather Gueridon by Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
Rare 1950's Stitched leather gueridon by Jacques Adnet Could be matched with 4 chairs. The 4 chairs are listed separately Very good condition France.
Metal
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 Side Table Gueridon Iron and Brass, 1950s
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Paris, IDF
A sophisticated blend of Mid-Century Modern and neoclassical design, this 1950s side table or gueridon by Jacques Adnet features bold brass details, matte black metal feet, and a tra...
Brass, Iron
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H 16.5 in Dm 10.07 in L 16.5 in
French Mid-Century Modern Faux Bamboo Side Table or Gueridon by Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
Elegant French faux bamboo, enameled steel with brass details gueridon / side / end table by Jacques Adnet, circa 1950.