Title: Desk (bonheur du jour)
Object type: Desk
Date: ca. 1765–75
Artist:  Claude-Charles Saunier 
Artist bio: French, 1735–1807
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Oak, veneered with ebony, Japanese lacquer, brecchilito marble and gilt-bronze mounts
Dimensions: 39 x 25 1/4 x 14 1/2 in. (99.1 x 64.1 x 36.8cm)
Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
Credit line: The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Birds, term: Boats