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Desk (bonheur du jour)

Claude-Charles Saunier

Desk (bonheur du jour), Claude-Charles Saunier, ca. 1765–75, Oak, veneered with ebony, Japanese lacquer, brecchilito marble…

Maker: Claude-Charles Saunier
Date: ca. 1765–75
Medium: Oak, veneered with ebony, Japanese lacquer, brecchilito marble and gilt-bronze mounts
Dimensions: 39 x 25 1/4 x 14 1/2 in. (99.1 x 64.1 x 36.8cm)
Form: Desk
Culture: French
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession: 1982.60.58
Credit line: The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982

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