MID-18TH CENTURY, ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE HACHE

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A LOUIS XV PROVINCIAL ORMOLU-MOUNTED WALNUT COMMODE
MID-18TH CENTURY, ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE HACHE
The arc-en-arbalète top above two conforming drawers and a waved apron centered by a shell, the top drawer with a lidded compartment, flanked by rounded angles carved with rockwork, on cabriole legs and scroll feet
34½ in. (87.5 cm.) high; 50½ in. (128.5 cm.) wide; 26½ in. (66.5 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

With its distinctive shape and carved decoration, this commode relates to the oeuvre of Pierre Hache (1705-1776). He was a member of the most well-known dynasty of cabinet-makers outside of Paris in the 18th Century. They were established in the Alps, in Grenoble.
The son of Thomas Hache (1664-1747), Pierre Hache succeeded his father as cabinet-maker of Monseigneur le Duc d'Orléans.
A closely related commode, displaying similar ormolu mounts, is illustrated in P. and F. Rouge, Le génie des Hache, Dijon, 2005, p.274; it is stamped 'Hache à Grenoble'.

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