Desk (bonheur du jour)

Medium

Wood, ivory, gilt bronze Carcass woods: mahogany and oak, with mahogany drawer linings Veneer woods include satinwood, mahogany, yewwood, tulipwood, rosewood, partridegewood (?), walnut, green-stained sycamore, and boxwood stringing

Dimensions

41 5/16 × 34 7/8 × 18 5/8 in. (104.9 × 88.6 × 47.3 cm)

Classification

Woodwork-Furniture

Culture

British

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

From the Marion E. and Leonard A. Cohn Collection, Bequest of Marion E. Cohn, 1966

Accession Number

66.64.5