TRANSITION PERIOD HAPPINESS Stamped by Léonard Boudin, the marquetry attributed to Charles Topino In rosewood veneer on all sides in amaranth frames, marquetry decorated with utensils on a tobacco wood background, chased and gilded bronze ornamentation, the top encircled by an openwork gallery, the shelf opening with a drawer and two side flaps operated by means of a press button, the belt opening with a drawer forming a writing desk, the curved uprights joined by a crotch shelf, stamped L. BOUDIN and the JME maker's mark under the right-hand crosspiece; minor accidents. H. 90.5 cm (35 ½ in.) l. 60 cm (23 ½ in.) P. 41 cm (16 in.) Léonard Boudin, master in 1761 Provenance : Former Alfred Loewenstein collection (1877-1928) ; Mrs Alfred Loewenstein (1888-1938), née Madeleine Misonne, his widow; Countess Roger van der Straten Ponthoz, née Paule Misonne, his sister; Mrs André Haegelsteen née Michelle van der Straten Pontoz, his daughter; Regnier Haegelsteen, her son. Comparative bibliography: A. Pradère, Les Ébénistes Français de Louis XIV à la Révolution, Chêne, 1989, p. 320, fig. 364. P. Devinoy and G. Janneau, Le Meuble Léger en France, P. Hartmann Editeur, 1952, p. 131. A Transitional gilt-bronze mounted tulipwood, amaranth, sycamore and marquetry bonheur-du-jour, stamped by Leonard Boudin, the marquetry panels attributed to Charles Topino The presence of Léonard Boudin's stamp on this bonheur-du-jour is a significant example of his work as a cabinetmaker and the practice of sub-contracting under the Ancien Régime. Léonard Boudin had several colleagues work for him, including Denizot, Gilbert and Topino; our copy, with its decoration of utensils, is particularly evocative of the art of Charles Topino, master in 1773. Topino supplied marquetry panels to cabinet-makers such as Boudin; the two worked closely together, and Boudin's order book mentions a large number of tables "with vase marquetry" supplied by Topino between 1772 and 1774. His role as supplier explains both the presence of the two stamps or, as in the case of our happiness of the day, that of the single stamp of the cabinet-maker who commissioned it. A Happiness of the Day with a similar inlaid decoration is illustrated in S. Barbier Sainte Marie, Charles Topino, Les Éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, 2005, p. 67. A second example, not stamped, was sold at Christie's London on 1 February 2011, lot 4 (GBP 32,450). *Information for buyers: If you are leaving the EU, you may need to obtain a CITES re-export certificate, which is the responsibility of the future buyer. Restrictions may apply depending on the country of destination. *Information to the buyers : For an exit from the EU, a CITES re-export certificate will be necessary, at the buyer's expense. Restrictions can apply depending on the country of destination.