Jacques Adnet Chairs

Jacques Adnet mid-20th century Machinisme chairs
A well-used pair of Mid-Century leather wrought iron and brass armchairs. Designed by French Modernist giant Jacques Adnet and made in France in the 1950s, As much sculptural works of art as they are comfortable armchairs and will add fascination and an unmistakably fabulous French Modernist aesthetic to any setting.
Adnet was one of France’s foremost avant-garde design geniuses. His work combined functionalist principles with forward-thinking Modernism right through the Mid-Century period and this fabulous pair are a wonderful example of the stylistic terms ‘Streamline Modern’ and ‘Machinisme’, which have been used to describe his forward-thinking work.
Designed and made in the 1950s during Adnet’s leather-clad furniture period, these wonderful armchairs use contrasting colouring and materials to great effect and mix sculptural French elegance and quality with robust yet stripped-back Bauhaus-influenced sleek lines.
They feature a reassuringly solid streamlined wrought iron frame, with which the rare original-toned and sculpturally shaped, padded and hand-stitched tan leather complements wonderfully. The brass ball finials atop the back complete the wonderful mix of colour and materials and really set these chairs off as sculptural artforms as much as comfortable and eye-catchingly smart armchairs.
Dimensions: 33" H × 25" W × 21" D
Origin: France
Date: 1950
Materials: Metal and leather
Condition:
• These chairs have been well used
• With scuff and worn sections to the leather surfaces
• One section and (pictured to the left) arm and seat sections are worn a lot
• The arm section on one has lifted leather
• There is a dink in the leather on one of the arms as shown
• The wrapped leather on one chair is loose but still in place
• The metal is area has a deep patina to them
• All stitching is tight and in place
• The cushions are still firm and useable
• These chairs are priced according to their condition (worn)

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