sideboard by Audoux Minnet

"Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet were a French duo who worked together in the mid-20th century. They are known for their innovative use of natural materials, including rope, wicker a...

"Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet were a French duo who worked together in the mid-20th century. They are known for their innovative use of natural materials, including rope, wicker a...

The absence of an Audoux-Minnet catalog means that we have only partial knowledge of their production. We do know, however, that it was certainly during their honeymoon that Adrien Audoux, originally from Franche-Comté, and Frida Minnet, originally from Switzerland, decided to set up their business in Cannes in 1929. Frida Minnet's father was himself a rattan furniture manufacturer in Montreux, where his store was located. He was invaluable in helping the young couple set up shop, producing mainly rattan furniture. In 1942, the company moved to Golfe-Juan, not far from Vallauris, where Jean Bonaudi also produced rattan furniture. Here, customers from La Rievera, made up of wealthy Britons and Americans attracted by "French taste", bought their furniture. In the '50s, the company, better known as "le Doux Minet" and taking a black kitten as its symbol, invented a new style of furniture that would make their reputation. The frame, often in oak or beech, is entirely covered in raffia. The seats are then covered with raffia made of checkerboard or coarse-mesh braided mats. Audoux-Minnet's flagship armchair, whose beech legs form a single unit with the armrests, was manufactured by the Vibo company in Vesoul. Audoux-Minnet furniture bears an oblong plate...

This oak shelve from 1949 is an emblematic piece of Marcel Gascoin's work and of the housing Reconstruction period. Marcel Gascoin, born August 24, 1907 in Le Havre and died October ...

A Mid-Century Modern rattan sidebar, or buffet, from the French Riviera by Audoux-Minet (designers Adrien Audoux and Frida Minet) with vertical pencil reed bamboo tacked to the front...

1950s Audoux Et Minet pencil reed sideboard. Exceptional and rare mid-century buffet signed by celebrated French design duo Adrien Audoux and Frida M...

Split bamboo sideboard by Adrien Audoux and Frida Minet, France, 1960s. Three-door cupboard with wrought iron hinges, interior shelf and original key. Thick bamboo legs with wrapped ...

Bamboo sideboard designed by French designer duo Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet. Circa 1960s. Three doors that have decorative wrought iron hinges. An original key to open and close the...