Lot Essay
Pierre Hache (d. 1776)
A closely related secrétaire by Jean-François Hache, although without the star-burst and with cabriole legs is in a private collection and is illustrated in R. Fonvieille, La Dynastie des Hache, Grenoble, 1974, p.86. Although this secrétaire is very much in the style of Jean-François Hache (d. 1796), the omission of the word FILS in the stamp, which he usually used, indicates that the piece was probably made by his father Pierre Hache (d. 1776). Pierre Hache worked in the atelier of his father from 1725 onwards. His furniture production spanned in style from the Regence to the Louis XVI period. He consistently made use of woods from the Alps, often with intricate marquetry
A closely related secrétaire by Jean-François Hache, although without the star-burst and with cabriole legs is in a private collection and is illustrated in R. Fonvieille, La Dynastie des Hache, Grenoble, 1974, p.86. Although this secrétaire is very much in the style of Jean-François Hache (d. 1796), the omission of the word FILS in the stamp, which he usually used, indicates that the piece was probably made by his father Pierre Hache (d. 1776). Pierre Hache worked in the atelier of his father from 1725 onwards. His furniture production spanned in style from the Regence to the Louis XVI period. He consistently made use of woods from the Alps, often with intricate marquetry