Walnut Chest Of Drawers, Jean-françois Hache. 18th Century.

Elegant, with pure lines, chest of drawers opening with two drawers on the front attributed to Jean-François Hache.
The front is curved, the lower crosspieces are scalloped both on the front and on the sides. It rests on four curved feet ending in "lozenges" which is one of the characteristics of the production of JF Hache. Trace of stamp.
In light walnut from Dauphiné. Interiors of drawers and back in fir.
Drawer bottoms altered (see photos)
Length 125.5 cmDepth 66 cm Height 81 cm
A similar chest of drawers is published in the work "Le Génie des Hache" by Pierre Rouge and François Rouge, page 248, No 111.

Jean-François Hache (1730-1796) son of Pierre Hache (1703-1773) and grandson of Thomas Hache (1664-1747)
Born on January 10, 1730 in Grenoble, apprenticed to his father Pierre Hache from the age of 16, established on his own account from 1754, appointed in 1770, following his father, cabinetmaker to the Duke of Orleans, Jean-François Hache is the heir to a dynasty of cabinetmakers which spans four generations (Noël - Thomas - Pierre) and lasts for almost 150 years old. Jean-François is certainly the most famous of all, but shares with his father and grandfather the reputation of the greatest provincial cabinetmaker, considered in fact, even more than the famous Couleru, as capable of rivaling the greatest Parisian master cabinetmakers. It is almost certain that Jean-François Hache stayed with Jean-François Oeben, the King's cabinetmaker, and the latter would probably even have visited the Hache family, very interested in their native wood veneers.