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A bonheur du jour (in French, bonheur-du-jour, meaning "daytime delight") is a type of lady's writing desk. It was introduced in Paris by one of the interior decorators and purveyors of fashionable novelties called marchands-merciers about 1760, and speedily became intensely fashionable. The bonheur du jour is always very light and graceful, with a decorated back, since it often did not stand against the wall (meuble meublant) but was moved about the room (meuble volant); its special characteristic is a raised back, which may form a little cabinet or a nest of drawers, or open shelves, which might be closed with a tambour , or may simply be fitted with a mirror. The top, often surrounded with a chased and gilded bronze gallery, serves for placing small ornaments. Beneath the writing surfac

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  • Le bonheur-du-jour est un meuble destiné à l'écriture et plus spécialement aux dames. Il peut remplir des fonctions différentes selon l'endroit où on le place : bureau et secrétaire dans le salon, chiffonnier ou coiffeuse dans la chambre ou meuble d'exposition. Il apparaît au XVIIIe siècle pendant la période Transition, époque où de nombreux meubles sont créés pour remplir une fonction spécifique. (fr)
  • Een bonheur du jour of kortweg bonheur (Frans voor 'geluk') is een bepaald meubelstuk dat in de meeste gevallen is gemaakt van mahoniehout (in de vorm van fineer verwerkt op eikenhout) en dat werd vervaardigd tussen 1850 en 1870 onder verschillende benamingen, zoals bonheur du jour en bonheur Willem III. (nl)
  • A bonheur du jour (in French, bonheur-du-jour, meaning "daytime delight") is a type of lady's writing desk. It was introduced in Paris by one of the interior decorators and purveyors of fashionable novelties called marchands-merciers about 1760, and speedily became intensely fashionable. The bonheur du jour is always very light and graceful, with a decorated back, since it often did not stand against the wall (meuble meublant) but was moved about the room (meuble volant); its special characteristic is a raised back, which may form a little cabinet or a nest of drawers, or open shelves, which might be closed with a tambour , or may simply be fitted with a mirror. The top, often surrounded with a chased and gilded bronze gallery, serves for placing small ornaments. Beneath the writing surfac (en)
  • Ein Bonheur-du-jour (frz. Glück des Tages) ist ein kleiner, zierlicher Damen-Schreibtisch, der in den 1760er Jahren von den Pariser Marchand-Merciers eingeführt wurde und in Frankreich zu einem der beliebtesten Möbel des 18. Jahrhunderts avancierte. Der Tisch hatte einen niedrigen rückwärtigen Aufsatz mit offenen oder geschlossenen Ablagefächern und Schubladen. Den oberen Abschluss bildete manchmal eine dekorativ durchbrochene, nach vorn offene Galerie aus Messing oder Goldbronze. Luxuriös ausgestattete Exemplare konnten mit aufwändigen Intarsien und Furnieren sowie Teilen aus Sèvres-Porzellan verziert sein. (de)
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  • A bonheur du jour (in French, bonheur-du-jour, meaning "daytime delight") is a type of lady's writing desk. It was introduced in Paris by one of the interior decorators and purveyors of fashionable novelties called marchands-merciers about 1760, and speedily became intensely fashionable. The bonheur du jour is always very light and graceful, with a decorated back, since it often did not stand against the wall (meuble meublant) but was moved about the room (meuble volant); its special characteristic is a raised back, which may form a little cabinet or a nest of drawers, or open shelves, which might be closed with a tambour , or may simply be fitted with a mirror. The top, often surrounded with a chased and gilded bronze gallery, serves for placing small ornaments. Beneath the writing surface there is usually a single drawer, often neatly fitted for toiletries or writing supplies. Early examples were raised on slender cabriole legs; under the influence of neoclassicism, examples made after about 1775 had straight, tapering legs. The marchand-mercier had the idea of mounting bonheurs du jour with specially-made plaques of Sèvres porcelain that he commissioned and for which he had a monopoly; the earliest Sèvres-mounted bonheurs du jour are datable from the marks under their plaques to 1766-67 (illus.). Other choice examples of the time are inlaid with marquetry or panels of Oriental lacquer, banded with exotic woods, with gilt-bronze mounts. By the mid-1770s the bonheur du jour was being made in London, where it was simply called a "lady's writing-desk". The desk was usually kept in the lady's bedroom where it would serve for breakfast as well as for writing letters during the day. Letter writing was one of the favorite pastimes of ladies of high birth. (en)
  • Ein Bonheur-du-jour (frz. Glück des Tages) ist ein kleiner, zierlicher Damen-Schreibtisch, der in den 1760er Jahren von den Pariser Marchand-Merciers eingeführt wurde und in Frankreich zu einem der beliebtesten Möbel des 18. Jahrhunderts avancierte. Der Tisch hatte einen niedrigen rückwärtigen Aufsatz mit offenen oder geschlossenen Ablagefächern und Schubladen. Den oberen Abschluss bildete manchmal eine dekorativ durchbrochene, nach vorn offene Galerie aus Messing oder Goldbronze. Luxuriös ausgestattete Exemplare konnten mit aufwändigen Intarsien und Furnieren sowie Teilen aus Sèvres-Porzellan verziert sein. Die frühen Exemplare waren oval und hatten schlanke, geschwungene Beine. Später überwogen die strengeren, geraden Linien des Louis-seize-Stils, und die Tischplatten waren rechteckig. Einige Bonheurs-du-jour waren mit Accessoires zum Schminken und Frisieren ausgestattet. Ein Beistelltisch mit flacher Schublade diente häufig dazu, die Arbeitsfläche zu vergrößern. Der Bonheur du jour war das Pendant für Damen zum Sekretär. (de)
  • Le bonheur-du-jour est un meuble destiné à l'écriture et plus spécialement aux dames. Il peut remplir des fonctions différentes selon l'endroit où on le place : bureau et secrétaire dans le salon, chiffonnier ou coiffeuse dans la chambre ou meuble d'exposition. Il apparaît au XVIIIe siècle pendant la période Transition, époque où de nombreux meubles sont créés pour remplir une fonction spécifique. (fr)
  • Een bonheur du jour of kortweg bonheur (Frans voor 'geluk') is een bepaald meubelstuk dat in de meeste gevallen is gemaakt van mahoniehout (in de vorm van fineer verwerkt op eikenhout) en dat werd vervaardigd tussen 1850 en 1870 onder verschillende benamingen, zoals bonheur du jour en bonheur Willem III. (nl)
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