Lot Essay
A virtually identical Bonheur du Jour is illustrated in C. Payne, 19th Century European Furniture, Woodbridge, 1989, p.121
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IN THE LOUIS XV STYLE, CIRCA 1890
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A French ormolu-mounted kingwood Bonheur du Jour
In the Louis XV Style, Circa 1890
The upper section of serpentine outline, centred by a clock, with a circular white enamel dial, the twin-train movement striking on a bell, above a recess flanked to each side by a double drawer, the back decorated with a shaped ormolu panel centred by a cartouche within foliage, the lower section with shaped top inset with a shaped gilt-tooled green leather writing surface, above a central drawer, flanked to each side by a further drawer, on four square tapering cabriole legs, each headed by a foliate clasp, on conforming sabots
44 in. (112 cm.) high; 39 in. (99 cm.) wide; 23 in. (60 cm.) deep
In the Louis XV Style, Circa 1890
The upper section of serpentine outline, centred by a clock, with a circular white enamel dial, the twin-train movement striking on a bell, above a recess flanked to each side by a double drawer, the back decorated with a shaped ormolu panel centred by a cartouche within foliage, the lower section with shaped top inset with a shaped gilt-tooled green leather writing surface, above a central drawer, flanked to each side by a further drawer, on four square tapering cabriole legs, each headed by a foliate clasp, on conforming sabots
44 in. (112 cm.) high; 39 in. (99 cm.) wide; 23 in. (60 cm.) deep