CHARLES TOPINO (Vers 1742 1803)Reçu Maître en 1773
CHARLES TOPINO (Vers 1742 1803)Reçu Maître en 1773
BONHEUR-DU-JOUR "AUX USTENSILES"
Paris, Louis XVI period, circa 1775
Oak frame, veneer of rosewood, sycamore, boxwood, ebony and amaranth, marquetry of light wood and green-stained sycamore, gilt
bronze H. 96 cm, W. 60 cm, D. 42 cm
Bibliography
Sylvain Barbier Sainte Marie, Charles Topino, Ed. de l'Amateur, Paris, 2005, pp. 99 and 100
Claude-Paule Wiegandt, Le Mobilier Français, Transition Louis XVI, Ed. Massin, Paris, 1995, p. 45
Précieux bonheur-du-jour of ellipsoidal plan, inlaid with familiar objects in the so-called "Chinese" manner in rosewood veneer, amaranth, boxwood, ebony and natural and stained fruit woods, opening with a belt writing drawer.
The tier is decorated with two flap lockers framing a drawer, a locker and topped with a gallery. The four finely curved legs of the piece of furniture are joined together by a recessed crotch tray, also inlaid with usual instruments. The four finely curved legs of the piece of furniture are also inlaid with inlaid inlays of chiselled and gilded bronzes: an openwork gallery, an ingot mould, a handle knob, a keyhole, scraps and hooves. Topino's star piece of furniture, the bonheur-du-jour, whose poetic name alone reflects the spirit of the moment, perfectly embodies this trend. The cabinetmaker's name is still attached today to the production of these tiered tables. It is only in 1770 in the inventory of the Duke of Villars in Marseille that the term "Bonheur-du-jour" appears. The Livre-journal, whose orders ranged from 1770 to 1783, does not mention this term, but systematically uses the words "tables à gradins" (tiered tables), the tier forming the upper part of the piece of furniture. In general, the cabinet opens to a central drawer topped by a window and flanked by two lateral leaves. There are, of course, a few variations on this arrangement, but it remains the most common. Topino is not the inventor of this piece of furniture, its creation dates back to the middle of the century, but he is the most fertile of the diffusers. In fact, he created different shapes (oval, rectangular), which were themselves the subject of many variations: with or without crotch shelves, upper gallery in bronze or wood, lockers or drawers on the tier, sliding leaves or shutters, bronze or inlaid frieze on the belt.
The decorations are also available in all possible variations: utensil, Chinese, floral, literary, landscape, geometric, plain... motifs. (figs. 1 & 2) Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.
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CHARLES TOPINO (Vers 1742 1803)Reçu Maître en 1773
BONHEUR-DU-JOUR "AUX USTENSILES"
Paris, Louis XVI period, circa 1775
Oak frame, veneer of rosewood, sycamore, boxwood, ebony and amaranth, marquetry of light wood and green-stained sycamore, gilt
bronze H. 96 cm, W. 60 cm, D. 42 cm
Bibliography
Sylvain Barbier Sainte Marie, Charles Topino, Ed. de l'Amateur, Paris, 2005, pp. 99 and 100
Claude-Paule Wiegandt, Le Mobilier Français, Transition Louis XVI, Ed. Massin, Paris, 1995, p. 45
Précieux bonheur-du-jour of ellipsoidal plan, inlaid with familiar objects in the so-called "Chinese" manner in rosewood veneer, amaranth, boxwood, ebony and natural and stained fruit woods, opening with a belt writing drawer.
The tier is decorated with two flap lockers framing a drawer, a locker and topped with a gallery. The four finely curved legs of the piece of furniture are joined together by a recessed crotch tray, also inlaid with usual instruments. The four finely curved legs of the piece of furniture are also inlaid with inlaid inlays of chiselled and gilded bronzes: an openwork gallery, an ingot mould, a handle knob, a keyhole, scraps and hooves. Topino's star piece of furniture, the bonheur-du-jour, whose poetic name alone reflects the spirit of the moment, perfectly embodies this trend. The cabinetmaker's name is still attached today to the production of these tiered tables. It is only in 1770 in the inventory of the Duke of Villars in Marseille that the term "Bonheur-du-jour" appears. The Livre-journal, whose orders ranged from 1770 to 1783, does not mention this term, but systematically uses the words "tables à gradins" (tiered tables), the tier forming the upper part of the piece of furniture. In general, the cabinet opens to a central drawer topped by a window and flanked by two lateral leaves. There are, of course, a few variations on this arrangement, but it remains the most common. Topino is not the inventor of this piece of furniture, its creation dates back to the middle of the century, but he is the most fertile of the diffusers. In fact, he created different shapes (oval, rectangular), which were themselves the subject of many variations: with or without crotch shelves, upper gallery in bronze or wood, lockers or drawers on the tier, sliding leaves or shutters, bronze or inlaid frieze on the belt.
The decorations are also available in all possible variations: utensil, Chinese, floral, literary, landscape, geometric, plain... motifs. (figs. 1 & 2) Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.
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