191 - Jacques Adnet (1900–1984), desk with a black-lacquered tubular metal frame; the top and riveted band are covered in black faux leather; the two suspended oak drawers are covered in black faux leather with brass ring pulls; the rear legs joined at the top by a metal crossbar adorned with two New Zealand military medallions in gilded bronze, diagonal struts, the legs finished with gilded metal finials, H 90 cm, W 107 cm, D 64 cm, signs of wear, small areas where the faux leather is missing, oxidation

Jacques Adnet (1900–1984), desk with a black-lacquered tubular metal frame; the top and riveted band are covered in black faux leather; the two suspended oak drawers are covered in black faux leather with brass ring pulls; the rear legs joined at the top by a metal crossbar adorned with two New Zealand military medallions in gilded bronze, diagonal struts, the legs finished with gilded metal finials, H 90 cm, W 107 cm, D 64 cm, signs of wear, small areas where the faux leather is missing, oxidation Provenance: This desk, along with the daybed, was commissioned in the early 1960s to furnish a modern bedroom in a Parisian apartment decorated in the Charles X style