Transition-Bonheur du Jour rosewood, veneered and inlays of partly green coloured maple. Straight, rectangular body, flanked by angled corner pilaster strips on high, curved legs, connected below by a recessed shelf. Pull-out and fold-down work surface and wide roller shutter in the articulated front. Compartments behind each. Above, a widely recessed, transversely rectangular, six-shelf carcase. Wide framed veneer panels on all sides with inlaid ruin elements, attributes of music and various vase motifs, bordered by ribbon inlays. H. 93 cm. 65 cm x 49 cm. Provenance: Dissolution of an important German private collection - Part I. A French rosewood veneered Transition style writing cabinet. France. 19th century.