Lot n° 78
Estimation :
7000 - 9000
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 10 304EUR
A chest of drawers inlaid with maple burl in elm burl frames - Lot 78
A chest of drawers inlaid with maple burl in elm burl frames underlined by ebony or plum wood fillets. The chest of drawers opens with two drawers and a crossbar and stands on curved legs. Ornamentation of chased bronze such as handles, rosettes, entrances and sabots.
Attributed to Jean François Hache.
Louis XV period. Restoration of use; locks formerly replaced; lateral cracks.
Red marble top from the Ardennes.
H : 83 - W : 96 - D : 57 cm
The originality of Jean-François Hache's work is characterized in particular by an evolution of the forms in parallel with the productions of the best Parisian furniture craftsmen of the same period; several stays of the cabinetmaker in the capital can explain these similarities. However, Hache remained faithful to his family's way of doing things by favouring marquetry made of local wood, the secrets of which were passed on to him during his training in his father's workshop in the Rue Claveyson in Grenoble. The richness of the colours and tones of his marquetry is a vivid reflection of the heritage of ancient techniques that he applied to his creations in the second half of the 18th century.
The chest of drawers we are presenting was made in this particular context and can be attributed to him with complete certainty. It presents a balanced composition that we find on other known commodes made by the cabinetmaker in the same spirit, among which we can mention in particular: a first example, presenting a front decorated with a sinuous cartouche decorated with flowers and leaves, which appeared in M. Clerc, Hache, Ébénistes à Grenoble, Musée dauphinois, Éditions Glénat, Grenoble, 1997, p.92, fig. 58; and a second one offered at auction in Paris in 2001 (illustrated in Pierre Kjellberg, Le mobilier français du XVIIIe siècle, Dictionnaire des ébénistes et des menuisiers, Les éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, 2002, p. 425); and finally, several chests of drawers decorated with geometric marquetry are reproduced in Pierre and Françoise Rouge, Le génie des Hache, Éditions Faton, Dijon, 2005, pp. 296-298.
Jean-François Hache (1730-1796) was one of the most important French cabinetmakers of the 18th century. Son of the cabinetmaker Pierre Hache, he trained in the family workshop, then opened his own workshops in Grenoble in 1754. The high quality of his furniture quickly allowed him to prosper and to obtain important orders for the rich families of the Dauphiné region. Following the example of his father and grandfather, he took the title of cabinetmaker to Monseigneur the Duke of Orleans.
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