IN THE MANNER OF HACHE OF GRENOBLE, THIRD QUARTER 28TH CENTURY

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A LOUIS XVI KINGWOOD TULIPWOOD CROSSBANDED AND MARQUETRY SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT
IN THE MANNER OF HACHE OF GRENOBLE, THIRD QUARTER 28TH CENTURY
With a moulded marble top and canted angles, fitted with a frieze drawer with ribbon border, the crossbanded fall centred by an oval medallion with a basket of flowers within a zig-zag border and veneered a quatre faces, enclosing a fitted interior with divided compartments and containing six short and a deep central drawer below, having a shelved cupboard below enclosed by a pair of quarter veneered doors with zig-zag borders with panelled veneer sides on tapered square feet, bearing a label on the back Le Guard Meuble a Paris le mobilier 6628, 59 Rue Bayen 59
37 in. (95cm.) wide, 54 in. (138.5cm.) high, 16 in. (41.5cm.) deep

Provenance

Christie's, South Kensington, London, 19th February 2003, lot 328

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Lot Essay

Jean-Frangois Hache (1730-1796), the fourth of the twelve children of Pierre Hache, is the best known of this dynasty of ébénistes. Starting in his father's workshop, he set up on his own around 1754, producing both luxury and everyday items of furniture.

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