Look up: bonheur-du-jour

1. bonheur du jour
   small, dainty writing table, introduced in the 1760s, which became one of the most popular varieties of French 18th-century furniture. A block of ...
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2. Bonheur du jour
   A `bonheur du jour` (French, "daytime delight") is a type of lady`s writing desk. It was introduced in Paris by one of the interior decorators and purveyors of fashionable novelties called marchands-merciers about 1760, and speedily became intensely fashionable. The bonheur d...
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3. bonheur-du-jour
   A lady's elegant, clender-legged writing table often fitted with toilet accessories. Shelves and pigeonholes, sometimes enclosed by a TAMBOUR or CYLINDER FALL, are set at the back of the table surface. There may be a cupboard or shelves above for ornaments. Bonheurs-du-jour were introduced in France in the 1760s and soon afterwards produced in Brit …
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4. bonheur-du-jour
   A lady's elegant, clender-legged writing table often fitted with toilet accessories. Shelves and pigeonholes, sometimes enclosed by a tambour or cylinder fall, are set at the back of the table surface. There may be a cupboard or shelves above for ornaments. Bonheurs-du-jour were introduced in France...
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