Bonheur-du-jour
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Dalbergia nigra, Harewood, Rosewood [dalbergia nigra], Satinwood
Measurements
970 x 900 x 460 mm
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Coughton Court, Warwickshire
NT 135344
Summary
Desk; Bonheur du jour - A George III satinwood inlaid bonheur du jour, in the French style, the raised cabinet to the back with open section flanked by a cupboard at each side, and a long drawer in the frieze, on square tapering legs, inlaid with oval fan-pattern panels and fluting to the frieze partly on harewood ground with rosewood crossbanded borders.
Full description
Desk; Bonheur du jour - A George III satinwood inlaid bonheur du jour, in the French style, the raised cabinet to the back with open section flanked by a cupboard at each side, and a long drawer in the frieze, on square tapering legs, inlaid with oval fan-pattern panels and fluting to the frieze partly on harewood ground with rosewood crossbanded borders.
Provenance
Purchased by National Trust in 2004 through private treaty sale