Small Writing Desk (Bonheur-du-jour)

By Elizabeth Lyons

DP105398

Title: Small Writing Desk (Bonheur-du-jour)
Artists: Made by Martin Carlin (French, near Freiburg im Bresigau ca. 1730-1785 Paris); decorated by Denis Levé (French, active 1754-93, 1795-1805);porcelain plaques by Sèvres Manufactory
Date: ca. 1768
Medium: Oak veneered with tulipwood, amaranth, and stained sycamore; mahogany; seventeen soft-paste porcelain plaques; gilt-bronze mounts; velvet (not original)
Dimensions: 32 1/2 × 25 7/8 × 16 in.… Read more