Desk (bonheur du jour) ca. 1780–90 British The idea for this type, with a raised partition in the back, was conceived in Franec about 1750. Extensively used by lady letterwriters, it received the coquettish name bonheur-du-jour. The plain, elegant lines of this example are set off by exceptionally fine, characteristically English Desk (bonheur du jour) 209032

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