Jacques Adnet Daybed, with Saint-Gobain, Circa 1950, France

DESCRIPTION: Jacques Adnet Daybed, with Saint-Gobain, Circa 1950, France Rare. Black lacquered base with gilt detail and Saint-Gobain glass sides. Original leather Very decorative piece made with leather and steel and glass.

CONDITION: Good vintage condition. Wear consistent with age and use.

DIMENSIONS: Height: 31cm (12in) Width: 190cm (75in) Depth: 80cm (31.5in) Seat Height: 31cm (12in)

ABOUT THE DESIGNER: One of the most elegant and innovative 20th-century French furniture designers, Jacques Adnet created a simple, unadorned signature style that is both trim and vigorous. He began his career in the heyday of the Art Deco era, and in the 1950s, in association with Hermès, created chairs, lamps, desks and other pieces that employed slender metal frames clad in stitched saddle leather. With such furnishings, Adnet brought a fashion sensibility to design and decor that had not been seen since the 1920s.

ABOUT THE STYLE: Mid-Century Modern (MCM) is a design movement in interior, product, graphic design, architecture, and urban development that was popular from roughly 1945 to 1969, during the post–World War II period. The term was used descriptively as early as the mid-1950s and was defined as a design movement by Cara Greenberg in her 1984 book Mid-Century Modern: Furniture of the 1950s. It is now recognized by scholars and museums worldwide as a significant design movement. The MCM design aesthetic is modern in style and construction, aligned with the Modernist movement of the period. It is typically characterized by clean, simple lines and honest use of materials, and it generally does not include decorative embellishments.