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A Regency Bonheur du jour
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John McLean

A Regency Bonheur du jour

Ronald Phillips Ltd

Date circa 1810

Period Regency

Origin English

Dimension 112.5 x 81.5 x 48.5 cm (44¹/₄ x 32¹/₈ x 19¹/₈ inches)

An extremely rare and superb quality Regency ormolu mounted rosewood bonheur du jour attributable to John McLean.  The lift-off top fitted with two drawers with egg and dart beading with pierced panels of gilt brass and a galleried shelf above.  The base having ormolu banding and a long single drawer in the frieze; on circular tapering gilt brass capped legs terminating in brass castors.
Note: A bonheur by McLean can be found in the well-documented collection of Jon Gerstenfeld, Washington DC.

Date: circa 1810

Period: Regency

Origin: English

Dimension: 112.5 x 81.5 x 48.5 cm (44¹/₄ x 32¹/₈ x 19¹/₈ inches)

Literature: Margaret Jourdain, Regency Furniture 1795-1820,1949, p.78m fig.182; a similar single example by the same maker.
Edward Lennow-Boyd (ed.), Masterpieces of English Furniture; The Gerstenfeld Collection, 1998, p. 46, pl. 53.

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