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Louis XIV, Rhone Valley or Dauphiné, ca. 1710/15. Probably by Thomas Hache (1664-1747).
Olive, cross-grained wood, rosewood and other woods, opulently inlaid with geometric motifs, rectangular reserves and fillets. The leaf with a Maltese cross. Rectangular body. Front with five drawers arranged in four rows. Bronze mounts designed as mascarons and scrolled leaves.
121 x 61 x 81 cm.
Mounts and locks later. Restored.
With its distinctive and beautiful veneer work and the use of cross-grained wood and olive wood, this well-crafted chest of drawers bears a great resemblance to works by Thomas Hache, active in Grenoble. See a chest of drawers from a private collection: Pierre Rouge/Françoise Rouge: Le génie des Hache, Dijon 2005, p. 216, No. 81.
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Louis XIV, Rhone Valley or Dauphiné, ca. 1710/15. Probably by Thomas Hache (1664-1747).
Olive, cross-grained wood, rosewood and other woods, opulently inlaid with geometric motifs, rectangular reserves and fillets. The leaf with a Maltese cross. Rectangular body. Front with five drawers arranged in four rows. Bronze mounts designed as mascarons and scrolled leaves.
121 x 61 x 81 cm.
Mounts and locks later. Restored.
With its distinctive and beautiful veneer work and the use of cross-grained wood and olive wood, this well-crafted chest of drawers bears a great resemblance to works by Thomas Hache, active in Grenoble. See a chest of drawers from a private collection: Pierre Rouge/Françoise Rouge: Le génie des Hache, Dijon 2005, p. 216, No. 81.
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