Bonheur du jour in rosewood veneer inlaid with squares of small flowers framed in amaranth. It opens with two leaves and two drawers in the upper part, a folding shelf, a drawer in the waist and two leaves in the lower part. Inlaid sheath legs, gilt bronze ornamentation and sabots. White marble top with openwork bronze gallery. Stamped by C. TOPINO (Charles TOPINO, received Master in Paris on 14 July 1773) and C. MAUTER (Conrad MAUTER dit Motaire, received Master in Paris on 10 September 1777). Louis XVI period. Dimensions 112 x 63 x 39 cm (Insolations, wear and tear, missing marble). Provenance: Sale by Maîtres Chapelle, Perrin and Fromantin, Versailles Palais des congrès, 9/07/1975, reproduced under No. 154 in the catalogue. Collection of Mr and Mrs N., Paris. Conrad Mauter, known as Motaire (1742-1810), Parisian cabinetmaker and supplier to the Count of Artois.