Jacques ADNET (1900-1984) Blackened and varnished pearwood sideboard sheathed in parchment skin with a quadrangular body rounded at the front, opening through two solid doors onto a waxed oak interior with three height-adjustable shelves. Slightly overhanging top entablature with black opaline glass slab and slightly recessed solid central base. slightly recessed. Rectangular patina keyhole and gilt bronze framing ring (wear, scratches, detachment). Height 143 cm. Length 90 cm. Depth 48 cm. Bibliography: Bernard Champigneulle, "Jacques Adnet", Mobilier & décoration décoration, Paris, 1948 n°12, similar model in garnet leather referenced and reproduced p. 31. Alain René Hardy & Gaëlle Millet, Jacques Adnet, Les éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, 2009, similar model referenced and reproduced on p. 184. History: a similar model was commissioned from the artist in 1937 by the City of Paris and is in the collections of the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris (inv. AMOA 443). Expert : Mrs Amélie MARCILHAC