Jacques Adnet tripod table in leather France 1950

Jacques Adnet

France, 1900 – 1984
Designer, architect, interior designer

Highly refined full leather covered small coffee or side table designed by Jacques Adnet and manufactured by Ateliers Jacques Adnet, France 1950. This super nice shaped and super quality table has a brass structure frame, fully covered with dark green and black leather and the feet are of made brass. The table is in fully original very good condition and has an amazing patina from age and usage. Nice small sized and shaped so this can easily be put anywhere in an interior, nice to use as a sofa table for example. Original and authentic items by Jacques Adnet are very hard to find as the furniture from Jacques Adnet could normally only be bought by the Avant Garde from France in that time. Beautiful side or coffee table for someone who is looking for something with character and appearance in their home or interior.

Jacques Adnet (1900-1984) was a French modernist designer, architect and interior designer. He was known for his furniture designs in leather. During the 1950s, he created a distinctive and modern style of furniture and concentrated on the numerous commissions he received, such as the decoration of the private apartments of the President at the Elysée Palace or the meeting room of the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. From 1959 until 1970 he was the director of École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs in Paris. He left a lasting legacy in his influence of post war French modernism and died in 1984.