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Lot Essay
Guillaume Kemp, maître in 1764.
Executed with vibrant marquetry of musical trophies and pastoral motifs, this bonheur-du-jour reflects the influence of the prolific output of Charles Topino. Based in the rue Faubourg Saint-Antoine, Topino specialized in small movable tables and much of his work in marquetry was inspired by the ornamental borders of Chinese coromandel lacquer screens. Although several makers produced related funriture, including RVLC, this oval form of transitional bonheur du jour is most closely identified with Topino. From his daybook which survives, it is known that Topino executed completed works and provided marquetry panels of this type for the marchand-ébénistes. (A. Pradère, Les Ebénistes Français de Louis XIV à la Revolution, Paris, 1989, p.319.). Although Kemp is not known to have been a marchand-ébéniste, it certainly seems a possibility that Topino may well have been responsible for the Wildenstein bonheur-du-jour. Topino employed mounts provided by the fondeur Viret and chased by Chamboin and Dubuisson and gilt by Bicard, Girard and Vallet.
This model of escutcheon is more characteristic of the oeuvre of Berbard van Risen Burgh.
Executed with vibrant marquetry of musical trophies and pastoral motifs, this bonheur-du-jour reflects the influence of the prolific output of Charles Topino. Based in the rue Faubourg Saint-Antoine, Topino specialized in small movable tables and much of his work in marquetry was inspired by the ornamental borders of Chinese coromandel lacquer screens. Although several makers produced related funriture, including RVLC, this oval form of transitional bonheur du jour is most closely identified with Topino. From his daybook which survives, it is known that Topino executed completed works and provided marquetry panels of this type for the marchand-ébénistes. (A. Pradère, Les Ebénistes Français de Louis XIV à la Revolution, Paris, 1989, p.319.). Although Kemp is not known to have been a marchand-ébéniste, it certainly seems a possibility that Topino may well have been responsible for the Wildenstein bonheur-du-jour. Topino employed mounts provided by the fondeur Viret and chased by Chamboin and Dubuisson and gilt by Bicard, Girard and Vallet.
This model of escutcheon is more characteristic of the oeuvre of Berbard van Risen Burgh.