18th Century Louis XVI Marquetry Bonheur Du Jour Table
Located in Winter Park, FL
An 18th Century French Louis XVI bonheur du jour ("happiness of the day") side table finely crafted with intricate marquetry of mahogany, kingwood and rosewood with slender cabriole ...
Bronze
French 19th Century Transitional Style Bonheur du Jour
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and most unique French 19th century Transitional style kingwood, burl walnut, exotic wood, ormolu and onyx Bonheur du Jour. This wonderfully executed piece is raised by e...
Onyx, Ormolu
Antique French Gilt Bronze and Mahogany Bonheur du Jour
Located in London, GB
Antique French gilt bronze and mahogany bonheur du jour French, Late 19th Century Height 117cm, width 78cm, depth 54cm Made in France in the late 19th century, this elegant bonheu...
Ormolu
French Louis XV Style Kingwood Parquetry Bonheur du jour
Located in Forney, TX
Sophisticated French elegance at its finest, we offer this rare Belle Époque period light and graceful bonheur du jour (writing table - petite / lady's desk) with beautifully aged pa...
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique French Bonheur du Jour Desk, Fully Restored Shellac Finish
Located in SEDLEC-PRČICE, CZ
This exceptional antique writing desk, historically known as a bonheur du jour or bureau de dame, captures the essence of nineteenth-century French elegance.
Mahogany, Walnut
Antique French Painted Wood Bonheur-du-jour or Occasional Table w/Single Drawer
Located in Atlanta, GA
Should you wish to use this piece as a Bonheur-du-jour, note that the leg clearance is approximately 21 inches in height.
Wood
$4,480Sale Price|20% Off
French Directory Bureau Bonheur du jour desk, wood and leather, and bronze inkwe
By French House & Garden
Located in Valladolid, ES
Stunning French Bonheur du Jour mahogany desk or bureau, dating from the early 19th century, with a leather top and mirrored upper doors.
Crystal, Bronze
$2,600Sale Price|20% Off
Louis XVI Style Lady’s Desk, Bonheur du Jour; Mahogany, Ormolu & Marble; c1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
An exquisite antique Louis XVI style bonheur du jour (lady's desk), crafted from rich mahogany and adorned with elegant ormolu mounts. Dating to approximately 1890, this piece featur...
Ormolu
$37,038Sale Price|40% Off
19th Century, Louis XV Revival Ormolu-Mounted Bonheur Du Jour by Diehl
By Charles-Guillaume Diehl
Located in London, by appointment only
Highly important and palatial Napoleon III Louis XV Revival Ormolu-Mounted Marquetry Bonheur Du Jour by Charles Guillaume Diehl, Designed by Jean Brandely, The Marquetry by E. Varlot...
Ormolu
19th Century Ebonised Boulle Bonheur Du Jour
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a fine quality 19th century ebonised Boulle Bonheur Du Jour writing table. The top, of arched form, has an ornate brass pediment, flanked by a brass urn shaped finial on ...
Brass
Antique French Louis XVI Kingwood Bonheur du Jour Dressing
Located in Potters Bar, GB
A very elegant late 19th century French bonheur du jour / dressing table in the Louis XVI manner, veneered in richly figured kingwood and tulipwood with extensive parquetry and marqu...
Kingwood
Exceptional Regency Bonheur Du Jour Attributed to John Maclean
Located in Lymington, GB
Simon Redburn, John McLean and Son, 'Furniture History' Vol. 14 (1978). A bonheur du jour (French, meaning "daytime delight") is a type of lady's writing desk.
Rosewood
A Napoléon III Gilt-Bronze and Sèvres Style Porcelain-Mounted Bonheur Du Jour
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
France, Circa 1855. This bonheur du jour can be firmly attributed to Édouard Kreisser.
Ormolu
18th C. French Carved-Wood Table with Leather Writing Pad Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
The leg clearance at the underside of this piece is 24.25 inches in height. This 18th century French table with leather writing pad top, would make a delightful Bonheur-du-jour (smal...
Leather, Wood
18th Century Venetian Rococo Chinoiserie Yellow Polychrome Paint Dressing Table
Located in Forney, TX
Sometimes the powder table was combined with a writing desk or reading table, serving as a French Bonheur-Du-Jour.
Gesso, Mercury Glass, Wood, Oak, Pine, Paint
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Lady's Secretary Desk, Millet
By Maison Millet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Rococo style 'Bonheur Du Jour' secretary with rounded back and sides with a sun-burst parquetry design, with two upper drawers below a circular clock with Roman numerals, flanked...
Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Lady's Secretary Desk, Millet
By Maison Millet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very fine French 19th century Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Kingwood, Satinwood and Fruitwood Parquetry Kidney-Shaped secrétaire de dame (Lady's Desk) with an enamel dial clock and...
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Slant-Front Drafting Desk Writing Table
Located in Forney, TX
Dimensions: (approx) 35" High, 27.75" Wide, 28" Deep Makes for a wonderful architect's / architectural table, artist drawing board, office work desk, standing desk, engineer's desk...
Felt, Ebony, Burl, Rosewood, Palisander, Maple, Mahogany, Kingwood
$15,432Sale Price|25% Off
An Extremely Fine Rosewood and Brass Inlaid Writing Table Attributed To Gillows
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in Benington, Herts
Executed in the finest faded rosewood, this writing table is related to the earlier bonheur du jour or lady's writing table popularised by Thomas Sheraton.
Brass
French Inlaid Bonheur Du Jour
Located in Blacksburg, VA
French 20th Century Style Inlaid Bonheur Du Jour. Pull-down front reveals a tooled leather writing surface and a sliding storage compartment. Bombe sides. Galleried top. Cabriole leg...
Wood
Unavailable
H 48.04 in W 39.38 in D 23.63 in
Victorian French Bonheur du Jour by Robert Strahan & Co, Dublin
By Robert Strahan
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Exhibition quality French Bonheur du jour, circa 1870. With domed top surmounted by gilded figure, and a surrounding fretwork around a combination of fine beaded marquetry and parque...
George III Period Mahogany and Inlaid Bonheur du Jour
Located in Witney, OXFORDSHIRE
An exceptional George III period mahogany and inlaid Bonheur du Jour, the upper part fitted with two banks of five graduated drawers flanking a central tambour fronted cupboard all a...
Mahogany
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Boulle Dressing Table
Located in Macclesfield, GB
An exceptional French serpentine shaped boulle red tortoiseshell and engraved brass Bonheur du jour.
Brass
French “Bonheur du Jour” Side Table
Located in Austin, TX
French “Bonheur du Jour” side table with a Sainte Anne marble top and brass gallery.
Wood
Bonheur du Jour Secretary in Boulle Marquetry
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Bonheur du Jour secretary in Boulle marquetry From the private collection of the Compte de Paris, curved legs with gilt bronze falls. A tiered desk with a central drawer in the bel...
Bronze
French Bonheur-du-jour (Desk), Late 18th C.
Located in Atlanta, GA
This late 18th century French table would make a delightful Bonheur-du-jour (small-sized ladies writing desk), yet a versatile enough piece to be useful in just about any room in you...
Wood
Sold
H 38.78 in W 28.55 in D 20.08 in
Antique Ladies Writing Desk, French, Walnut, Table, Bonheur Du Jour, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique ladies writing desk. A French, walnut decorative bonheur du jour, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. Beautiful craftsmanship with superb colour and ...
Walnut
Lady's Writing Desk "Bonheur du Jour" 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Lady's writing desk "Bonheur du Jour", very nice bill, 1 drawer in the middle, 1 drawer in the upper part, painting on the front side, early 19th century. Measures: H 107 cm, L 62 c...
Wood
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H 50.2 in W 24.22 in D 19.3 in
Antique Writing Desk, French, Flame, Cedar, Bonheur Du Jour, Victorian, C.1860
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique writing desk. A French, flame mahogany and cedar bonheur du jour, dating to the mid Victorian period, circa 1860. Of wonderful proportion and rich in colour Di...
Cedar
Ormolu-Mounted Mahogany Bonheur Du Jour by Guillaume Grohe
By Guillaume Grohe
Located in London, GB
The vitrine with mirrored back and single glass shelf, above a recess and flanked to each side by a pair of drawers below arches, on a leather topped desk Stand with three drawers on...
Ormolu
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H 32.29 in W 21.86 in D 12.8 in
18th Century French Louis XVI Kidney Salon Table in the Manner of Topino
By Charles Topino
Located in Berlin, DE
Topino tended to specialize in making light furniture such as small tables, chiffonnières and bonheurs-du-jour although he is also credited with outstanding commodes and secrétaires ...
Marble, Bronze
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H 49.22 in W 41.34 in D 23.23 in
Antique Victorian Burr Walnut & Marquetry Bonheur Du Jour Desk 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a elegant Victorian burr walnut and marquetry Bonheur Du Jour, or Ladies writing desk, circa 1860 in date. The superstructure comprises a large central bay with a mirror...
Walnut
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H 49.22 in W 41.34 in D 23.23 in
Antique Victorian Burr Walnut & Marquetry Bonheur Du Jour Desk 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a elegant Victorian burr walnut and marquetry Bonheur Du Jour, or Ladies writing desk, circa 1860 in date. The superstructure comprises a large central bay with a mirror in...
Walnut
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H 49.22 in W 41.34 in D 23.23 in
Antique Pair Burr Walnut & Marquetry Bonheur Du Jours Consoles Desks 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is an elegant pair of Victorian burr walnut and marquetry Bonheur Du Jour's, or Ladies writing desks, circa 1860 in date. They feature superstructures that each comprises a...
Walnut
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H 84.26 in W 39.38 in D 21.66 in
Boulle Marquetry Style French Black Secretary Bonheur du Jour Napoleon III
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Paris, FR
"Bonheur Du Jour In Boulle Marquetry Napoleon III Period - Gradin Desk - Two Bodies - Showcase" This gorgeous piece of furniture is at the end of restoration and will be finished at ...
Brass, Bronze
Sold
H 38.59 in W 29.93 in D 19.69 in
Antique French Writing Table Transition Style Louis XV – Louis XVI
Located in SAINTE-COLOMBE, FR
French Antique Writing Table / Bonheur du Jour Transition Style Louis XV – Louis XVI This beautifully made French lady's writing table has many outstanding features.
Marble, Brass, Bronze
French Louis XV Style Writing Desk, 19th Century
Located in Houston, TX
French bonheur du jour writing desk, decorated in extensive foliate and Figural marquetry with ormolu mounts, the grill mounted high back with drawers, frieze drawers at front and e...
Wood
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H 50.4 in W 44.1 in D 23.04 in
Rosewood And Brass Inlaid Writing Table Attributed To Gillows Oxford Street Work
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in Benington, Herts
Executed in the finest faded rosewood, this writing table is related to the earlier bonheur du jour or lady's writing table popularised by Thomas Sheraton.
Brass
Sold
H 39.77 in W 31.89 in D 20.28 in
Fine Louis XVI Style Mahogany and Brass Tambour Ladies Writing Desk
Located in Benington, Herts
A very good quality Louis XVI style mahogany and brass French tambour ladies writing desk / Bonheur du jour late 19th century. This attractive desk has a rouge marble with a surroun...
Brass
Antique French Kingwood Bureau de Dame c.1850
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous French Bureau de Dame / Bonheur du Jour, or Ladies Writing Desk and it is Circa 1850 in date.
Kingwood
Sold
H 40 in W 27 in D 18 in
Pair of Mahogany, Gilt and Marble Topped Chest of Drawers in the French Style
By Adam Weisweiler
Located in London, GB
The Wallace collection in Manchester Square, London possesses a ‘Table en Chiffoniere’ (item number F328) of virtually identical form to our pair, and very close similarities in the ...
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
A Pair of Aesthetic Movement Ebonised Wood Cabinets by Gillow
Located in Sheffield, MA
The social or “gentleman’s” table, horseshoe-shaped with japanned ice buckets, appeared around 1800, as did bonheurs du jour (ladies’ writing tables).
A French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Side Table, circa 1880
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
We can see furniture designed for the use of women, so called "travailleuse" or "bonheur du jour"
Ormolu
19th Century French Louis XV Style Bonheur Du Jour
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and elegant 19th century Louis XV style parquetry Bonheur du Jour (lady's writing desk) with beautiful patina. Hand crafted in France, having an upper case fitted with a centr...
Bronze
Sold
H 47.25 in W 45.28 in D 25.6 in
Antique Victorian Burr Walnut and Marquetry Bonheur Du Jour, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous Victorian burr walnut and marquetry Bonheur Du Jour, or Ladies writing desk, circa 1860 in date. The superstructure comprises a large central bay with a mirror...
Ormolu
Bonheur-du-jour attributed to Charles Topino
By Charles Topino
Located in Paris, FR
Bonheur-du-jour (women writing desk) inlaid with tulipwood, sycamore and purpleheart. This exceptional escritoire inlaid with familiar objects opens with one main drawer discoveri...
Antique Style French Lady's Writing Desk Side Table Bonheur Du Jour
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
A fabulous petit French style writing desk or side table with three frieze drawers raised upon cabriole legs with scroll feet, painted green and gilded to sides.
Sold
H 57.87 in W 36.22 in D 18.11 in
Fine George III Hepplewhite Period Satinwood Veneered Bonheur Du Jour
Located in Bradford on Avon, GB
The solid ebony moulding makes a defining feature between top and bottom between superstructure and writing table. The door design is mirrored to the top surface of the Bonheur Du J...
Satinwood
$350,000Sale Price|30% Off
H 39.5 in W 58 in D 82 in
Rare Antique 1901 Steinway Model B Rosewood Grand Piano Louis XV Rococo Restored
By Steinway & Sons
Located in Dayton, OH
Fully Restored 1901 Steinway & Sons Model B Louis XV Baroque Rococo Grand Piano – Serial Number 99151, Full 88 key keyboard. The most exquisitely detailed example of a turn of the c...
Fruitwood, Rosewood
Exceptional Mahogany and Ormolu-Mounted Bibliotheque
Located in London, GB
The overhanging foliate cornice above a frieze with reliefs of female and male figures surmounted by ribbon ties and flanked by foliage and laurel leaves, above two pairs of glazed d...
Ormolu
$20,576
H 39.38 in W 47.64 in D 25.99 in
19th Century French Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Writing Desk
Located in London, GB
19th century French Louis XV style ormolu mounted writing desk French, Late 19th Century Height 100cm, width 121cm, depth 66cm Crafted in the late 19th century, this writing desk i...
Ormolu
$12,600
H 35.5 in W 16.5 in D 13 in
French 19th Century Bedside Cabinet w/ Marble Top Att. to Francois Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant 19th Century bedside cabinet attributed to the renowned Francois Linke. Featuring a stunning breccia marble top, this cabinet boasts a wood bombe case, adding a touch of eleg...
Breccia Marble, Bronze
$384,103
H 52.37 in W 35.83 in D 24.41 in
Gilt Bronze and Sèvres Style Porcelain Louis XVI Style Casket on Stand
Located in London, GB
Gilt bronze and Sèvres style porcelain Louis XVI style casket on stand This magnificent Louis XVI style ormolu casket is supported by a mirror-topped table stand, which sits on fo...
Ormolu
$8,400
H 33 in W 44 in D 28 in
French Louis XVI Style 19th Century Giltwood Upholstered Canapé en Corbeille
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XVI style giltwood canapé en corbeille from the 19th century, with carved flowers and new upholstery. Created in France during the 19th century, this gilded canapé fea...
Upholstery, Giltwood
$651,300
H 20 in W 31 in D 18 in
Important, Rare French Ormolu Sevres Style Porcelain Jewelry Box on Bronze Table
Located in Long Island City, NY, NY
A rare and important French ormolu/bronze and Sevres style turquoise porcelain jewelry box casket on matching French ormolu/bronze table with Sevres style porcelain plaques. Of pala...
Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
$185,000
H 36.25 in W 61.5 in D 30.25 in
Adam Giltwood Console Table, Alabaster Marble Top, Neoclassical, 1780
Located in Queens, NY
English Adam (circa 1780) gilt wood console with a carved frieze over rams head topped fluted legs with a stretcher & alabaster veneered marble top with a verde edge.
Alabaster, Marble, Gold Leaf
$347,200
H 68 in W 55 in
A Magnificent Pair of French Royal Paintings "Aurora and Diana" "Night and Day"
Located in Queens, NY
Jacques-Francois Delyen (1684-1761), Court Painter of King Louis XV. A Magnificent Pair of Palatial "French Royal" Allegorical Paintings "Aurora and Diana" "Night and Day" A truly ...
Oil
$342,949
H 100.6 in W 66.93 in D 24.81 in
Rare Moses Michelangelo Guggenheim & Pauly Cie Et Venice Antique Carved Armoire
By Pauly et Cie, Guggenheim Museum
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare one of a kind Pauly CIE Et stamped hand carved walnut armoire made by the genius that was Moses Michelangelo Guggenheim 1837-1910 W...
Walnut
$164,615
H 90.95 in W 61.03 in D 77.56 in
IMPORTANT BISHOP JAMES STANLEY 1508 KING HENRY VII ENGLiSH OAK TUDOR TESTER BED
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very rare and highly important, Museum quality, English Tudor King Henry VII Oak tester bed made for an...
Oak
$500,000
H 144 in W 228 in D 199 in
Antique 19th Century French Chateau Oak Paneled Salon Room "Boiserie" circa 1865
Located in New Orleans, LA
A complete boiseries from the French country estate: "Chateau de Quatres Barbes." The antique 19th century French Louis XVI style grand oak paneled salon room or "boiseries" from the...
Marble
19th Century Watch Winding Display Cabinet
Located in New Orleans, LA
This incredible, one-of-a-kind watch display cabinet brings together the beauty of an antique with the functionality of modern technology. Crafted of mahogany, this 19th century jewe...
Mahogany
$109,743
H 95.08 in W 69.89 in D 95.28 in
LARGE & IMPORTANT ANTiQUE CIRCA 1600 CHARLES I DOCUMENTED ENGLISH OAK TESTER BED
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very rare and highly important, Museum quality, extra large framed, Documented English oak Tester bed c...
Oak
Russian Antique Desk Set in Guilloche Enamel with Diamonds
Located in London, GB
This exquisite Russian desk set features glittering rose diamonds and silver gilt. The set comprises a stamp, two inkwells, a letter holder and a picture frame, which all sit on a St...
Enamel, Silver
Rare 19th Century Lion Monopodia Armchair After Thomas Hope
By Thomas Hope
Located in Benington, Herts
A very fine and impressive European walnut monopodia library armchair, upholstered in a Rosie Uniacke cotton velvet moss, an almost identical armchair having been published in ‘Engli...
Velvet, Walnut
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