Rosewood, Deco Cabinet with Glass Handles in Jacques Adnet Style, France, 1940

Monumental Danish rosewood sideboard highboard midcentury, 1960s This sideboard is very good condition as seen from the photos. The two left and two right doors are opened by a key ...

Jacques Adnet iron magazine rack midcentury, 1940, 1950, France. Classic Jacques Adnet magazine rack with brass trim on top.

This is a very unusual piece that was part of a seven-piece bedroom set. It is in very good original condition. It is labeled Gouffe on the back. Has original key. It is believed to have been designed by Royere while he worked for Gouffe. Royere later used this square pattern to create other cabinets. This is an early example. More information or photos available upon request. Price is for this item only. In 1931, aged 29, Jean Royère (1902-1981) resigned from a comfortable position in the import-export trade in order to set up business as an interior designer. He learnt his new trade in the cabinetmaking workshops of the Faubourg Saint-Antoine in Paris. In 1934, he signed the new layout of the Brasserie Carlton on the Champs Elysées and found immediate success. This was the beginning of an international career that was to last until the early 1970s. A key figure of the Avant-garde in the 1950s, Royère tackled all kinds of decoration work and opened branches in the Near East and Latin America. Among his patrons were King Farouk, King Hussein of Jordan, and the Shah of Iran, who were captivated by his freedom of creation and his elegance and entrusted him with the layout of their palaces. Royère pioneered an original style combining bright colors, organic forms and precious materials within a wide range of imaginative accomplishments. In 1980, he left France for the United States, where he lived until his death. Jean Royere (July 3, 1902-14 May 1981) was from a privileged social class and lived a pleasant childhood in the French capital. He started to worked at Le Havre in the import and export business from its 24 to its 29 years. This profession guarantee him a good lifestyle. However, this young man left this comfortable career and choose a more risky path: the designer career, field in which he was a passionate and talented artist. He started as an employee in a furniture factory boulevard Diderot, located in the Faubourg Saint Antoine, epicenter of Parisian furniture makers. In 1933, he received a prestigious order from the Carlton on the Champs Elysees. His career took off and a year later, he was in charge of the contemporary furniture section at Pierre Gouffé...

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Elegant cabinet with black leather top, in style of Jacques Adnet, France, 1940s. With fine brass details at the doors and brass feet with patina.    

Elegant Oak cabinet on bronze legs attributed to Jacques Adnet, Original finish, can be restored to sample on request,

Art Deco rosewood cabinet. In original condition.

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The result of successive eliminations of ornamentation, palette and form, this supremely Modernist sideboard is a masterpiece of the Rationalist approach to design The black lacque...