Living Room Library Table. - Jacques Adnet - Elm And Leather - Period: XXth

Coffee table forming magazine rack of Jacques Adnet.
The structure in elm decorated with leather.

He directed the Compagnie des Arts Français from 1928 to 1960. His furniture with a refined design, incorporating mirrors, parchment, leather and precious woods, will make him an emblematic artist of luxurious French modernism.
 
Period : XXth century
Circa : 1950 - 1955
Dimensions : Height : 55,5cm x Length : 77,5cm x Depth : 50cm

Jacques Adnet is a French architect and designer who graduated from the École nationale supérieure des Arts décoratifs. Icon of the French modernism of luxury and art deco.

He is primarily interested in the design of furniture, usually in light woods, sycamore, lemon or fruit woods. The shapes are classic, balanced, geometric. 

These creations are of an elegance that is his own, making the link between modernity and tradition. Avant-garde, he starts to use more and more metal and glass to make seats, bedside tables, and small furniture. 

In 1948, he designed a set of furniture whose linear structures are covered with leather. 

The national furniture gives him several orders, such as the office of President Auriol in Rambouillet in 1958 and a set of mahogany for the Palace of UNESCO.