Desk (bonheur du jour)
Object type: Desk
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: British
Date: ca. 1780–90
Medium: Wood, ivory, gilt bronze
Carcass woods:  mahogany and oak, with mahogany drawer linings
Veneer woods include satinwood, mahogany, yewwood,  tulipwood, rosewood, partridegewood (?), walnut, green-stained sycamore, and boxwood stringing
Dimensions: 41 5/16 × 34 7/8 × 18 5/8 in. (104.9 × 88.6 × 47.3 cm)
Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
Credit line: From the Marion E. and Leonard A. Cohn Collection, Bequest of Marion E. Cohn, 1966
Accession year: 1966
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