LADIES' WRITING TABLE (BONHEUR-DU-JOUR)

Creator(s): Unknown

On view in: Marjorie Post's Bedroom Hall

About this object

In two sections- the upper is a cupboard with two glass doors and a marble top edged with an openwork railing in gilt metal; below this is a gilt metal band in low relief imitating drapery swags and tassels. The lower section consists of a single storage area faced with glass on the curved indented sides and on the front which is a door; the bottom is a slab of white marble; the rounded posts in front have stripes in two shades of wood imitating chaneling, as do the four tapered legs. A band of leafy scrolls in gilt metal tops the lower section; in the center it faces a shallow drawer which provides a writing surface when it is pulled out.

Object name:

LADIES' WRITING TABLE (BONHEUR-DU-JOUR)

Made from:

Mahogany -- teakwood -- gilt bronze, marble

Made in:

Paris, France

Date made:

ca. 1785

Size:

104.1 × 77.5 × 31.8 cm (41 × 30 1/2 × 12 1/2 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

31.3

Class:

FURNITURE

Signature marks:

WRITING; NUMBER Pencilled: Du..Depart...7/17; Stencilled number in black: 39908/10

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973