A LOUIS XV/XVI TULIPWOOD AND MARQUETRY BONHEUR-DU-JOUR

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A LOUIS XV/XVI TULIPWOOD AND MARQUETRY BONHEUR-DU-JOUR
THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY, ATTRIBUTED TO CHARLES TOPINO

With three-quarter galleried rectangular top above a pair of cabinet doors flanking an open compartment above three short drawers and a canted serpentine table top above a conforming frieze drawer enclosing a gilt-tooled burgundy leather writing panel flanked by compartments for writing utensils, on hipped cabriole legs joined by a rectangular undertier and ending in foliate-cast scroll sabots, inlaid throughout with flower-filled baskets, blossoming garlands and still lives (alterations to gallery and drawers in superstructure)-40¼in. (101cm.) high, 29¼in. (73cm.) wide, 15¼in. (38.5cm.) deep

Lot Essay

A closely related bonheur-du-jour stamped Topino is illustrated in A. Theunissen, Meubles et Sièges du XVIIIème Siècle, 1934, pl.LXI. Another, also stamped Topino, from the Collection of Madame Derek Fitzgerald was sold, Sotheby's London, 22 November 1963, lot 130.