LOUIS XIV PERIOD CABINET Attributed to Thomas Hache Walnut and ebony veneer, inlaid with fruitwood and stained wood on a rosewood base, the front opening onto two leaves decorated with flowering vases on an entablature flanked by birds, the inside fitted with a shelf, the waist opening onto two drawers, the base divided into seven uprights with canted sides at the top joined by a spacer with a "little hands" motif and finished with flattened ball feet; restorations. H.191 cm (75 ¼ in.) l.158 cm (62 ¼ in.) P.62 cm (24 ½ in.) Provenance: Artcurial Paris sale, 15 April 2014, lot 52 ; Acquired during the latter (€ 36 400); Then by descent to the current owner. A Louis XIV walnut, ebony, rosewood and floral marquetry cabinet on stand, attributed to Thomas Hache *Information for buyers : If you are leaving the EU, you may need to obtain a CITES re-export certificate, which is the responsibility of the future buyer. *Information to the buyers : For an exit from the EU, a CITES re-export certificate will be necessary, at the buyer's expense. This elegant cabinet or armoire-dressoir bears all the hallmarks of Grenoble's work, and more particularly that of Thomas Hache (1664-1747), in terms of its construction, the type of wood used and the rich floral marquetry or frieze decoration such as that of the "little hands" found on the base at the top of the ball feet. Marianne Clerc has attributed to Thomas Hache a cabinet known as an armoire-dressoir (the interior is not fitted with drawers) with similar, though less luxuriant, decoration. It is in the Musée Dauphinois and illustrated in M. Clerc, Hache, ébénistes à Grenoble, Musée Dauphinois, Glenat, 1997, p. 34-35. However, this attribution is questioned by Pierre and Françoise Rouge in their book Le Génie des Hache, Faton, Dijon, 2005, p. 517, who see it as the work of Michel Chevallier, father-in-law of Thomas Hache, who married his daughter in 1695. His work was strongly influenced by the personality of this talented journeyman who became his son-in-law from Chambery, where he drew inspiration and expertise from Italian sources.