Jacques Adnet was born in Chatillion-Coligny, France in 1900. was a French art deco modernist designer, architect and interior designer. He is known for his furniture designs in leather. For more than thirty years, Jacques Adnet was the director of the Compagnie des Arts Francais, founded by Sue et Mare in 1919. His team of artists and decorators included: Francis Jourdain, Charlotte Perriand, Alexandre Noll, Serge Mouille and Georges Jouve. His style incorporated the use of the very expensive veneers. After the Second World War, he became the President of the Salon des Artistes Decorateurs from 1948 to 1949 and he exhibited regularly there and at the Salon des Arts Menagers. During the 1950s he created leather-covered furniture with Hermès. He redecorated Frank Jay Gould's house, Mme. Alice Cocea's apartment, the study of the French President at the Château de Rambouillet (1947), the private apartments of President Vincent Auriol at the Elysée Palace, many luxury ocean liners like the Ferdinand de Lesseps (1952), Unesco (1958). In 1959, he ceased his activities with the Compagnie des Arts francais to direct the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs.

Description:

A Very Fine and Rare Pair of French Ebonized Metal Painted Armchairs Attributed to JACQUES ADNET (1900-1984) in collaboration with Hermès, with forged decorative castings representing leather straps with buckles and rings, each coated with its original sandy black enamel. Circa: Paris, 1950.

LITERATURE Bruno Foucart and Jean-Louis Gaillemin, Les Decorateurs des anees 40, Paris, 1998.

Height: 35 3/4 inches (90.8 cm)
Width: 23 1/2 .inches (59.7 cm)
Depth: 29 inches (73.7 cm)

Ref.: A1305