Offered by Galerie Berger
Petit Bonheur du Jour, oval in shape, in precious wood marquetry with floral vases and utensils on a background of sycamore, known as "tobacco wood" and amaranth wood, in rosewood frames. It opens with two doors and a drawer, in its upper part, and a drawer forming a writing desk, in the belt. It rests on four faceted arched feet joined by a kidney-shaped crotch tablet. It presents a beautiful ornamentation of finely chiseled and gilded bronze such as: openwork gallery, astragals, keyhole, corner drops and foliated hooves. It bears the double stamp of Léonard Boudin (1735 - November 20, 1807) received Master, March 4, 1761 and Martin Ohneberg received Master, July 7, 1773