Design booklet 2012

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The Adnet Collection 1946 Designed by Jacques Adnet

In 1950, Adnet formed a partnership with the French fashion house, Hermes, where he developed a collection of leather-covered furniture and interior accessories, including a series of distinctive leather mirrors. Besides the remarkable full grain leather and solid brass details, the Adnet Circulaire mirror is also unique as the strap is in direct proporArt Deco is an eclectic artistic and design style that tion to the dimension of the mirror. The collection began in Paris in the 1920s and flourished interna- to date includes the Adnet Circulaire and Rectantionally throughout the 1930s, into the World War gulaire. II era.

French Art Deco

Jacques Adnet is a furniture designer best known for his Art Deco Modernist designs and an icon of French Modernism. Known for his avant-garde designs, Adnet was one of the first to integrate metal and glass in the structure and decoration of furniture. His style is the epitome of luxury.

Jacques Adnet [1901 - 1984]

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