Desk (bonheur du jour)

Martin Carlin, ca. 1770

Artist

Martin Carlin (French, near Freiburg im Breisgau ca. 1730–1785 Paris)

Date

ca. 1770

Medium

Oak, mahogany, tulipwood, sycamore, ebony, box and harewood, gilt-bronze mounts, soft-paste porcelain

Size

Overall: 32 1/4 × 26 1/4 × 15 3/4 in. (81.9 × 66.7 × 40 cm)

Type

Woodwork-Furniture

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Licence

Public domain: free to use, no permission needed