Large Regency period flat desk - Lot 180

Large Regency period flat desk Opening to three drawers in a doucine waistband, resting on inverted brackets on four curved legs with recessed and is entirely adorned with an Italian-style marquetry marquetry of foliate scrolls, garlands of fleurons garlands of fleurons, heart-shaped foliate cartouches in green and brown stained wood, set in geometric in geometric reserves on a rosewood background, with a cypress backdrop. Brass molding, gilded fawn leather, gilded bronze acanthus leaves ormolu acanthus leaves on the belt and grooved hooves and ormolu hooves topped with foliage. H. 76 cm - W. 161 cm - D. 77.7 cm Thomas Hache (Toulouse 1664 - Grenoble 1747), Grenoble circa 1720 - 1730 Bibliography: described and reproduced in "Le génie des Hache", Pierre et Françoise Rouge, Faton 2005, N°168, pp. 322-323. THOMAS HACHE: SKILL AND REFINEMENT This large, flat desk bears witness to the cabinetmaker's of the Duc d'Orléans' cabinetmaker, by giving the belt a concave with a concave shape and the legs with an elegant, discreet break of their mid-height camber, as well as an upside-down console, all formal features that find their culmination in two of the two table models (ibidem N°217 and N°218, pp. 408- 410). As for the decoration, present not only on the rim but also on all the faces and edges of the legs, is characteristic of Thomas Hache, with the same "Italian-style" marquetry on the console legs of the PR table). The use of cypress of cypress is also characteristic, notably on a bookcase (ibidem N°15, p. 100). Note the particular virtuosity of the in the design of the reserves, where foliate scrolls and and the difficulty of marquetry on narrow, uneven surfaces. and narrow surfaces that Thomas Hache plays with. The presence of tall acanthus leaves and grooved hooves topped with foliage is also typical of his style. is also typical of his style. Expert: Françoise Rouge, expert to the Paris Court of Appeal, 06 03 93 23 76