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Superb Office slope inlaid walnut and rosewood, made in the style of cabinet * Axe, opening a flap revealing a stepped interior consists of six drawers, five pockets and a mobile platform, resting on four legs curved, opening two drawers belt, XVIIIth century.
The slope of the office is in good condition. Lock entries are in gilded bronze. The locks are original ones. We have a key (which does not correspond with locks).
A note: a rear leg is damaged and will to reenter (we take care of the catering on request), a few scratches, minor accidents and inlay gaps, see photos.
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* La Hache family is a famous family of cabinetmakers Grenoble. Throughout the eighteenth century father's Axe have succeeded in Grenoble son in their workshop. At the dawn of the eighteenth century, Thomas Hache had developed a special sawing method for obtaining large sheets of magnifiers and red and green hues to the sycamore and ash, the secret is now lost. Using magnifying glasses and roots as shimmering and sparkling as precious fabrics, ierre Axe, cabinetmaker Duke of Orleans, will create in the wake of the Louis XV style inlaid decorations whose taste and originality security remain unparalleled. His son Jean-François further enrich the sometimes adding virtuosity note in the forms. The result of a century of production, the work known Hache is of a magnitude and a impressive variety. The abundance of furniture that are falsely attributed to them is not less. (From "the genius of the Axe" by P. and F.Rouge).
