Jacques ADNET (attributed to) Living-room furniture consisting of a three-seater sofa and two armchairs in black leather. Slightly sloping hollowed-out backs, detached armrests with flat cuffs and square-section tubular legs in blackened metal. Sofa: Height 74 cm - Length 205 cm - Depth 57 cm Armchairs: Height 80 cm - Length 60 cm - Depth 50 cm Bibliography: Alain René Hardy & Gaëlle Millet, Jacques Adnet, Les Éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, 2009, to be compared with a pair of armchairs reproduced on p. 133.

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