# Small writing desk (bonheur-du-jour)

- By: Martin Carlin (French, near Freiburg im Breisgau ca. 1730–1785 Paris)
- By: Porcelain plaques by Sèvres Manufactory
- By: Decorated by Denis Levé
- Date: ca. 1768
- Medium: Oak veneered with tulipwood, amaranth, and stained sycamore; mahogany; seventeen soft-paste porcelain plaques; gilt-bronze mounts; velvet (not original)
- Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
- Dimensions: Overall: 32 1/2 × 25 7/8 × 16 in. (82.6 × 65.7 × 40.6 cm)
- Culture: French
- Credit line: Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1958
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/231856)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/met/CRDImages/es/web-large/DP105398.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)