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Jacques Adnet, Art Deco Modernist Desk and Chair, Lacquered Wood, Opaline Glass

$165,989.38

£123,601

€140,000

CA$228,078.54

A$255,262.78

CHF 133,227.56

MX$3,112,890.14

NOK 1,705,131.39

SEK 1,614,125.22

DKK 1,065,697.47

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Exceptional semi-circular Art Deco desk by Jacques Adnet. Made of black lacquered wood, featuring a rounded-cut top with an inset black opaline desktop. It rests on two cabinets with curved fronts, each containing 4 drawers, arranged on either side of a central drawer running along the belt. Each drawer is equipped with a lock secured by a chromed brass key. It is accompanied by its armchair made of rosewood, with a black faux leather seat. — Desk Dimensions: Height: 31.1 in (79 cm), Largest front arc Length: 78.7 in (200 cm), Depth: 39.4 in (100 cm) Chair Dimensions: Height back of chair: 29.5 in (75 cm), Width back of chair: 20.5 in (52 cm), Height of seat: 18.1 in (46 cm), Depth of seat: 22.8 in (58 cm) — ADNET, Jacques (1900 - 1984) After training as both an architect and decorator at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, Jacques Adnet and his twin brother Jean began their careers in 1920 in the studio of La Maîtrise, directed by Maurice Dufrêne at Galeries Lafayette. The two brothers worked closely together and exhibited in salons under the signature “JJ Adnet,” notably in 1925 at the Exposition internationale des Arts Décoratifs, where their highly modern designs earned them distinction. The twin brothers took different paths in 1928: Jean was appointed artistic director of Galeries Lafayette, while Jacques took over the direction of the Compagnie des Arts Français, founded in 1919 by Louis Sue and André Mare. Highly attentive to contemporary industrial production, Jacques Adnet integrated metal and glass, especially smoked glass, into his furniture designs. Among his most significant achievements are the design of the Saint-Gobain pavilion at the 1937 International Exhibition, the office of the President of the French Republic at the Château de Rambouillet, and in 1952, the decoration of the steamship Ferdinand de Lesseps. Documentation: Mobilier et Décoration, magazine, 1936, modèle plus simple Mobilier et Décoration / Le Meuble, magazine, éditions du Chêne, Paris, 1941, modèle plus simple reproduit page 58 Mobilier et Décoration, magazine, 1951, n°2 modèle plus simple reproduit page 33 — Moufflet & C° - Paris Fine Arts We have been dealing in art, antiques, lighting, prints, and vintage posters for more than 50 years and, upon request, we are very happy to provide you with Certificate of Authenticity.

Creator:
Jacques Adnet (Designer)
Dimensions:
Height: 31.11 in (79 cm)Width: 78.75 in (200 cm)Depth: 39.38 in (100 cm)
Style:
Art Deco (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Lacquer,Opaline Glass,Rosewood,Wood
Place of Origin:
France
Period:
1930-1939
Date of Manufacture:
1930
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU7066243762152

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Jacques Adnet

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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