A REGENCE ORMOLU AND BRASS-MOUNTED BROWN OAK, BONE-INLAID AND MARQUETRY COMMODE

CIRCA 1720, IN THE MANNER OF THOMAS HACHE

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A REGENCE ORMOLU AND BRASS-MOUNTED BROWN OAK, BONE-INLAID AND MARQUETRY COMMODE
CIRCA 1720, IN THE MANNER OF THOMAS HACHE
The rounded rectangular top inlaid with a flowering classical urn surrounded by floral sprays, above three long drawers with mask lock-plates and divided by brass channels, flanked by panelled angles headed by plumed masks, on foliate cast feet, the brass apparently original, previously with a further border, restorations to the top
32½ in. (82.5 cm.) high; 50 in. (127 cm.) wide; 25 in. (63.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Christie's London, 4 December 1980, lot 84.

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Lot Essay

Richly-inlaid with flowers arranged in bunches and scrolls, this Régence commode relates closely to the oeuvre of the celebrated Grenobloise ébéniste Thomas Hache (1664-1747). One of twelve children and founder of the Hache dynasty of ébénistes, Thomas Hache is perhaps best known for beautifully made furniture of Régence design embellished with floral marquetry in indigenous burr-woods. His marquetry shows the influence of Jean Le Pautre's abundant Vases d'ornements, published in 1660. A related commode attributed to Thomas Hache, displaying more characteristic burr-woods and olivewood, is in the musée des Arts Décoratifs, Lyon, illustrated in M. Clerc, Hache Ebénistes A Grenoble, Grenoble, 1997, p. 48, ill. 9.

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