Exante Antiques Chandeliers and Pendants

Rope circular lantern chandelier Audoux Minet, circa 1960 with white opaline glass. Measures: Height / 10.5", 22.5" with the rope, diameter / 9". Nautical style.

Designed by Adrien Audoux and Frida Minet, this lovely small hanging light with TWO lights and original shades. The bamboo loop chain that connects the original bamboo canopy...

Mid-Century Rope Lamp Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet. 17 inches Height with the shade.  

Handmade design shade with decor of dried flowers and leafs. These eight cone shaped lamp shades have all been made by hand and the base material is probably lucite. The outside of ...

The absence of an Audoux-Minnet catalog means that we have only partial knowledge of their production. We do know, however, that it was certainly during their honeymoon that Adrien Audoux, originally from Franche-Comté, and Frida Minnet, originally from Switzerland, decided to set up their business in Cannes in 1929. Frida Minnet's father was himself a rattan furniture manufacturer in Montreux, where his store was located. He was invaluable in helping the young couple set up shop, producing mainly rattan furniture. In 1942, the company moved to Golfe-Juan, not far from Vallauris, where Jean Bonaudi also produced rattan furniture. Here, customers from La Rievera, made up of wealthy Britons and Americans attracted by "French taste", bought their furniture. In the '50s, the company, better known as "le Doux Minet" and taking a black kitten as its symbol, invented a new style of furniture that would make their reputation. The frame, often in oak or beech, is entirely covered in raffia. The seats are then covered with raffia made of checkerboard or coarse-mesh braided mats. Audoux-Minnet's flagship armchair, whose beech legs form a single unit with the armrests, was manufactured by the Vibo company in Vesoul. Audoux-Minnet furniture bears an oblong plate...

Large French 1960s chandelier by Maison Charles, Paris. Referenced model: Modèle "aux joncs." From a Parisian apartment. Rewired with matching wax candle covers. Adjustable chain an...

The Max Sauze Orion chandelier is a striking and elegant piece of lighting design. Designed by Max Sauze, a French sculptor, designer and architect, the chandelier features a unique ...

An aluminum and steel wire "Cassiope" pendant light designed and produced by Max Sauze, France, c. 1970s. Overall Dimensions (inches): 29.1” H x 19.25” Diameter Dimensions of Mount...

Jean Perzel - A fine French Mid-Century cylinder-shaped flush mount / ceiling light in enameled glass with three chrome studs that support a prismatic glass lens (holophane).

This exquisite and rare wall sconce is a true collector's item from the Mid-Century period. Created by the renowned French design duo Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet in the 1950s, thi...

Very rare chnadelier, brass construction, fitted with six E14 sockets. The decor of ornament in pressed glass, designed by Kjell Blomberg for Gullaskrufs glasbruk in Sweden in the 19...

Finnish brass and opaline glass pendant from the 1950s. Beautiful gold details on the opaline glass lampshades. Good vintage condition, minor patina and ...