SUITE OF FOUR LOUIS XV PERIOD "À LA REINE" ARMCHAIRS Carved wood, grey relacquered and partly gilded, the back and waist decorated with foliage and foliage, the legs arched, upholstered in tapestry with polychrome floral decoration, one of the four stamped HACHE FILS A GRENOBLE under the back rail; small accidents and missing lacquer, reinforcements on the waist. H. 93 cm (36 ¾ in.) l. 70 cm (27 ½ in.) Provenance: Former collection of the Château de la Petite Malmaison, Rueil ; Sale in Versailles, 11 June 1970, lot 84 ; Sale in Versailles, Me Martin, 17 December 1978, lot 121; Acquired at the latter's race; Then by descent to the present owner. Bibliography: P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIe siècle, Les Editions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1989, p. 387 (one of the four reproduced). P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIe siècle, Les Editions de l'Amateur, Paris, 2008, p. 424 (one of the four reproduced). P. Rouge, F. Rouge, Le Génie des Hache, Editions Faton, Dijon, 2005, p. 525, n. 72 (one of the four reproduced). A set of four Louis XV parcel-gilt and grey lacquered fauteuils a la reine, bearing a stamp by Jean-François Hache The curious presence of the stamp Hache Fils in Grenoble under the belt of one of these four fauteuils à la reine simply indicates that they passed through the Hache shops, for resale, repair or both (cfr. P. Rouge, F. Rouge, Le Génie des Hache, Editions Faton, Dijon, 2005, p. 525, n. 72).