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Jacques ADNET (1900–1984)
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Jacques ADNET (1900–1984)
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Estimate €6,000 - €8,000
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Description
Jacques ADNET (1900–1984)
‘Untitled’ – a design created around [1937] and exhibited at the Salon d’Automne that same year
A RARE sideboard in black (re)lacquered wood and parchment on an oak core. The body, resting on a recessed plinth, forms a frame with a bevelled edge, accentuated by a band of gilded brass. The front features three solid doors, partly (re)clad in parchment, continuing the design of the side panels, which are also (re)clad in parchment. The top is fitted with a black opaline-style slab.
The three door leaves feature a shared gilded bronze lock plate.
The interior is fitted with height-adjustable shelves.
Dated from the late 1930s to the late 1940s.
Height: 88 cm Length: 220 cm Depth: 51.5 cm
(Condition and restoration: black lacquer faithfully restored to its original state; parchment sections partially replaced; scratches on the black opaline-style plate on the top; oxidation and wear to the gilding on the decorative band and the lock plate).
Provenance: Collection of Madame X., Côte d’Azur. Acquired at the Antibes Antiques Fair in the 1990s.
Exhibitions and museums l Salon d’Automne, Paris, 1937 An identical piece was exhibited at this event.
Bibliography l
- *Mobilier et Décoration* – 1936. An identical piece reproduced on page 335.
- *Mobilier et Décoration* No. 3, March 1948. An identical piece reproduced on page 42.
- *Thuis* – No. 53, May 1939. An identical model is reproduced on page 8.
- *Le Décor d’Aujourd’hui* – No. 31, 1938. An identical model is reproduced on page 31.
- Jacques Adnet – Alain-René Hardy, Les Editions de l’amateur, Paris, 2009. An identical model is reproduced on pages 86 and 212.
Expert: Emmanuel Eyraud
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