Desk (bonheur du jour). Culture: British. Dimensions: 41 5/16 × 34 7/8 × 18 5/8 in. (104.9 × 88.6 × 47.3 cm). Date: ca. 1780-90.The idea for this type, with a raised partition in the back, was conceived in Franec about 1750. Extensively used by lady letterwriters, it received the coquettish name bonheur-du-jour. The plain, elegant lines of this example are set off by exceptionally fine, characteristically English marquetry. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Name: Desk (bonheur du jour). Culture: British. Dimensions: 41 5/16 × 34 7/8 × 18 5/8 in. (104.9 × 88.6 × 47.3 cm). Date: ca. 1780-90.The idea for this type, with a raised partition in the back, was conceived in Franec about 1750. Extensively used by lady letterwriters, it received the coquettish name bonheur-du-jour. The plain, elegant lines of this example are set off by exceptionally fine, characteristically English marquetry. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. - SuperStock
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Desk (bonheur du jour). Culture: British. Dimensions: 41 5/16 × 34 7/8 × 18 5/8 in. (104.9 × 88.6 × 47.3 cm). Date: ca. 1780-90.The idea for this type, with a raised partition in the back, was conceived in Franec about 1750. Extensively used by lady letterwriters, it received the coquettish name bonheur-du-jour. The plain, elegant lines of this example are set off by exceptionally fine, characteristically English marquetry. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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