A FRENCH CHROME-PLATED WINE BOTTLE HOLDER

Adnet was one of the icons of modernist French design, studying at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. From 1928 to 1960, he directed La Compagnie des Arts Francais. His team of decorators included Francois Jourdain, Charlotte Perriand and Georges Jouve. Adnet presided over the Salon des Artistes Decorateurs from 1947 to 1949. During the 1950s, he created furniture and concentrated on the numerous commissions he received, including the private apartments of the President at the Elysée Palace and the meeting room of the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. From 1959 to 1970, he became the director of École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.