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Small writing desk (bonheur-du-jour)

Small writing desk (bonheur-du-jour). Culture: French, Paris and Sèvres. Decorator: Jean-Jacques Pierre the Younger (French, active 1763-1800). Dimensions: Overall: 32 1/2 × 25 7/8 × 16 in. (82.6 × 65.7 × 40.6 cm). Factory: Porcelain plaques by Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740-present). Maker: Martin Carlin (French, near Freiburg im Breisgau ca. 1730-1785 Paris). Date: ca. 1774. 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. The drawer has a compartment that originally held an inkwell, a sponge trough, and box for sand. Its hinged writing surface could be lifted up, and writing implements could be stored underneath.
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Small writing desk (bonheur-du-jour)
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Small writing desk (bonheur-du-jour). Culture: French, Paris and Sèvres. Decorator: Jean-Jacques Pierre the Younger (French, active 1763-1800). Dimensions: Overall: 32 1/2 × 25 7/8 × 16 in. (82.6 × 65.7 × 40.6 cm). Factory: Porcelain plaques by Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740-present). Maker: Martin Carlin (French, near Freiburg im Breisgau ca. 1730-1785 Paris). Date: ca. 1774. 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. The drawer has a compartment that originally held an inkwell, a sponge trough, and box for sand. Its hinged writing surface could be lifted up, and writing implements could be stored underneath.
Technique/matériel:
Oak veneered with tulipwood, amaranth, and stained sycamore; mahogany; seventeen soft-paste porcelain plaques; gilt-bronze mounts; velvet (not original)
Musée:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Fabricant:
Martin Carlin (French, near Freiburg im Breisgau ca. 1730-1785 Paris)
Crédit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Autorisations:
Modèle: Non - Propriété: Non
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Taille de l'image:
3931 x 4059 px | 45.7 MB
Taille d'impression:
33.3 x 34.4 cm | 13.1 x 13.5 in (300 dpi)
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