Title: Small writing desk (bonheur-du-jour)
Object type: Desk
Date: ca. 1774
Artist:  Martin Carlin 
Artist bio: French, near Freiburg im Breisgau ca. 1730–1785 Paris
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Oak veneered with tulipwood, amaranth, and stained sycamore; mahogany; seventeen soft-paste porcelain plaques; gilt-bronze mounts; velvet (not original)
Dimensions: Overall: 32 1/2 × 25 7/8 × 16 in. (82.6 × 65.7 × 40.6 cm)
Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
Credit line: Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1958
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY