Lot n° 216
Estimation :
40000 - 50000
EUR
Result
: NC
Thomas HACHE in GRENOBLE. SPECTACULAR MAZARINE COMMODE LOUIS - Lot 216
Thomas HACHE in GRENOBLE. SPECTACULAR MAZARINE COMMODE LOUIS XIV with the decoration " Flowers of jasmine ". The chest of drawers is veneered with native woods and precious woods with rich floral decoration in interlacing. It opens with 3 drawers with faceted sides. Baluster mounts with cut sides. Beautiful ornamentation of gilded bronzes. The tray is decorated with a fine composition of a flowery vase on top of a mask and surrounded by flowery garlands. (Restorations of use). Ep.début XVIIIè. H.82 L.124 P.67. Bibliography : P. Rouge, Le génie des Hache, Dijon, 2005, pp.194-195, fig.68. Our chest of drawers dates from 1710-1715
or very early in the work of Thomas Hache. Naturalist, the decoration bears the imprint of
Parisian productions and paintings on wood.
wood. The execution of the frame, the extreme quality of the
of the marquetry and the choice of the ornaments of
are characteristic of the manner of the cabinetmaker.
of the cabinetmaker. It is part of a group of five chests of drawers listed by Pierre Rouge in his chapter on the Mazarine chests of drawers, Pierre Rouge, (P. Rouge, Le géniedes Hache, Dijon, 2005, pp.188- 213), and presenting very great similarities. The marquetry of flowers, insofar as it also fills the upper and lower parts of the
the upper and lower parts of the semicircular facets of the
of the cabochon drawers, places this chest
among the richest models of,
the cabinetmaker. The top is entirely inlaid, the foliage
foliage scrolls are spread out and occupy all the
occupy all the space. The frieze giving rhythm to the
the façade known as "small hands" appears in a simplified
a simplified form. Thomas Hache, founder of this famous dynasty of cabinetmakers, was born in 1664 in
Toulouse. He worked in Chambéry before moving to
before settling in Grenoble in 1699, date at which he
he married the daughter of a master cabinetmaker
from Grenoble Michel Chevallier. Thomas Hache
stamps his production, essentially boxes, from
boxes, from 1701. He had a son, Pierre, who was
born in 1705 and succeeded him at his death in
1747. Among the comparable chests of drawers by Thomas Hache called "Mazarine", decorated with floral marquetry, the drawers curved in cabochon, passed in sale, let us quote: Sale in Versailles, October 12, 2008; Sotheby's Paris, October 16, 2007, lot 39; Sotheby's New York, November 9, 2006, lot 9; Christie's Monaco, June 22, 1991, lot 199; ROUILLAC in Cheverny, June 8, 2008.
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