A GEORGE III ROSEWOOD BONHEUR DU JOUR

A GEORGE III ROSEWOOD BONHEUR DU JOUR
A late 18th century Sheraton period rosewood bonheur du jour, the removable upper section with original silver
plated swan-neck side handles, the rectangular top, with ‘line and dot’ inlaid satinwood and tulipwood crossbanding, opening to reveal a cedar lined interior with a ribboned correspondence trellis, above two dummy drawers
and two pairs of short drawers with the original silver plated rectangular handles, the hinged writing surface with a
green baize lined interior, above a frieze drawer with oval silver plated handles fitted with a sliding side
compartment pen drawer; on square tapering legs with satinwood inlays and headed by trellised satinwood panels
joined by a cross stretcher centred by an inlaid oval platform.
English, circa 1795
Height: 36 ½ in; 93 cm
Width: 20 ¼ in; 51 cm
Depth (closed): 14 ½ in; 37 cm
Provenance:
Private collection, Gloucestershire.