JACQUES ADNET | Sideboard, circa 1936

lacquered limewood, oak, parchment and gilt brass

Private European collection

Michel Dufet, "Au salon d'Automne", Décor d'Aujourd'hui, n. 31, 1938, p. 31
René Chavance, "Jacques Adnet dans le mouvement contemporain", Mobilier et Décoration, pp. 335 and 346 for a related example
Mobilier et Décoration, March 1948, p. 42
Stefano Casciani, "Il ritorno dell'Art Déco - Eleganti geometrie", Casa Vogue, n. 171, 1986, illustrated p. 110
Barbara Stoeltie, Art Deco in Detail, April 1988, illustrated p. 76
Pierre Kjellberg, Art Déco, les maîtres du mobilier - le décor des paquebots, Paris, 2000, p. 32
Alain René Hardy & Gaëlle Millet, Jacques Adnet, Paris, 2009, p. 212

The wood is covered by a lacquer paint but is not lacquered. Fair condition overall. The black painted wood presents with scattered scratches. The top presents with some scratches, some cracks and some circular marks. The proper right side with multiple surface indentations and some light wear and discolourations to the black finish. The lower edges of the top with some dents and some small chips of finish. The underside of the top with remnants of adhesive tape and wear to the black finish on approximately 80 cm. The base with scratches, scuff marks, dents (the biggest one of approximately 1 x 1 cm)and small chips of black finish, partially visible on the catalogue illustration. The sides with a few small dents along the edges. The parchment is dry overall and more especially on the proper left door with multiples craquelures, liftings and some losses of parchment (the biggest one of approximately 6 x 3 cm, visible on the catalogue illustration). The two other doors with some thin craquelures and a few liftings (including a larger lifting on the edge of the middle door, visible on the catalogue illustration).
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