Desk (bonheur du jour)

Martin Carlin|Sèvres Manufactory|Jean-Jacques Pierre the Younger|Guillaume Noël|Denis Levé

Maker

Martin Carlin|Sèvres Manufactory|Jean-Jacques Pierre the Younger|Guillaume Noël|Denis Levé

Date

ca. 1769

Medium

Oak, mahogany, tulipwood, sycamore, ebony, box and harewood, gilt-bronze mounts, soft-paste porcelain

Dimensions

Overall: 32 1/4 × 26 1/4 × 15 3/4 in. (81.9 × 66.7 × 40 cm)

Form

Desk

Culture

French, Sèvres

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession

1982.60.54

Credit line

The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982