Offered by Isabelle Chalvignac
A half-moon-shaped “Bonheur du jour” made of wood veneer, inlaid with rosewood, stained sycamore, and amaranth, featuring Chinese-style utensils on all sides. The stepped upper section is adorned with an openwork gallery of chiseled and gilded bronze and opens via a small central drawer topped by an open compartment flanked on either side by concealed doors that open via a system of push buttons hidden inside the drawer. The semicircular top is encircled by a bronze gallery; a drawer serving as a writing desk opens within the band, incorporating a writing tablet covered in green leather and two compartments containing a writing set made of silver-plated metal. The arched legs, with finely chiseled bronze finials decorated with foliage and garlands, are joined by a kidney-shaped crossbar and terminate in enveloping feet decorated with foliage. Ornamentation consists of chiseled and gilded bronze.
Transition period between the Louis XV and Louis XVI eras.
Stamped with the mark of Léonard Boudin (master craftsman in 1761) as a dealer and the guild hallmark.
Attributed to Charles Topino (master craftsman in 1773).
Dimensions in inches H 35,1/2 W 23,1/2 D 16,1/2
