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Lot Essay
Jean-Franois Hache, active between 1754 and 1788
Jean-Franois Hache (1730-1796), the fourth of the twelve children of Pierre Hache, is the best known of this dynasty of cabinet-makers established in Grenoble since the end of the 17th century. Apprenticed to his father, Hache set up his workshop in 1754, producing both luxury and everyday items of furniture. Trade labels affixed on his furniture, as here, indicate that he manufactured and retailed a great variety of tables,including:- tables et commodes, tables de jeu, trictrac et damiers, chiffonnires, tables de toilette pour les dames, critoires et coffrets, table crire, table de quadrille pliantes, tables en mouchoir, table pour crire et manger au lit, tables en sectaire, table en colimaon, tables dessus de marbre pour mettre sous des trumeaux avec tiriors et une tablette qui se tire pour crire et gnralement toutes sortes de tables (...)
This label corresponds to that documented in R. Fonvieille, La dynastie des Hache, Grenoble, 1974, p. 88, and in use before 1770, probably circa 1767.
Jean-Franois Hache (1730-1796), the fourth of the twelve children of Pierre Hache, is the best known of this dynasty of cabinet-makers established in Grenoble since the end of the 17th century. Apprenticed to his father, Hache set up his workshop in 1754, producing both luxury and everyday items of furniture. Trade labels affixed on his furniture, as here, indicate that he manufactured and retailed a great variety of tables,including:- tables et commodes, tables de jeu, trictrac et damiers, chiffonnires, tables de toilette pour les dames, critoires et coffrets, table crire, table de quadrille pliantes, tables en mouchoir, table pour crire et manger au lit, tables en sectaire, table en colimaon, tables dessus de marbre pour mettre sous des trumeaux avec tiriors et une tablette qui se tire pour crire et gnralement toutes sortes de tables (...)
This label corresponds to that documented in R. Fonvieille, La dynastie des Hache, Grenoble, 1974, p. 88, and in use before 1770, probably circa 1767.