Small writing desk (bonheur-du-jour), ca. 1774, French, Paris and Sèvres, Oak veneered with tulipwood, amaranth, and stained sycamore; mahogany; seventeen soft-paste porcelain plaques; gilt-bronze mounts; velvet (not original), Overall: 32 1/2 × 25 7/8 × 16 in. (82.6 × 65.7 × 40.6 cm), Woodwork-Furniture, The 1795 inventory of furniture belonging to Louis XVI's sister-in-law, Marie-Thérèse of Savoy, comtesse d'Artois (1756–1805), gives a description of a similar desk, or bonheur du jour, which may refer to this piece
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Small writing desk, bonheur-du-jour, ca, 1774, French, Paris, Sèvres, Oak veneered, tulipwood, amaranth, stained sycamore, mahogany, seventeen soft-paste porcelain plaques, gilt-bronze mounts, velvet, original, Overall, 32 1/2, 25 7/8, 16, 82.6, 65.7, 40.6 cm, Woodwork-Furniture, 1795, inventory, furniture belonging, Louis XVI, sister, law, Marie-Thérèse, Savoy, comtesse d'Artois, 1756–1805, gives, description, desk, bonheur du, jour, refer, piece
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