Small writing desk (bonheur-du-jour)

Sèvres Manufactory|Denis Levé|Martin Carlin

Maker

Sèvres Manufactory|Denis Levé|Martin Carlin

Date

ca. 1768

Medium

Oak veneered with tulipwood, amaranth, and stained sycamore; mahogany; seventeen soft-paste porcelain plaques; gilt-bronze mounts; velvet (not original)

Dimensions

Overall: 32 1/2 × 25 7/8 × 16 in. (82.6 × 65.7 × 40.6 cm)

Form

Desk

Culture

French, Paris and Sèvres

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession

58.75.48

Credit line

Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1958