Bureau plat with rectangular boxes in walnut,... Lot 126

Bureau plat with rectangular boxes in walnut, the overhanging top with rounded corners, finished with a beak of corbin. It rests on four cambered legs with chamfers ending in sabots with a protruding part and has five drawers in front, four of which are placed in the side boxes, some drawers compartmentalized, the central drawer with secret key closure. Edges, drawer frames, lingotiere highlighted with blackened. Rounded or moving cuts of the crosspieces under the drawers, of the side belts 18th century, work of Hache whose label (Etiquette XII, circa 1780-1785) in the central drawer A GRENOBLE, PLACE CLAVEYSON février 1784 / Hache, Ebéniste de Monseigneur le Duc d'Orléans [....] H : 72,5 - W : 134,5 - D : 78,5 cm Small wear, crack, small insolations, three keys Bibliography Pierre et Françoise Rouge, Le génie des Hache, 2005, close models N°170, 174. René Fonvieille, The Axe Dynasty, 1974.