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BONHEUR DU JOUR

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 205 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BONHEUR [MARIE ROSALIE], ROSA (1822-1899)

BONHEUR DU JOUR , the name for a See also:

LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady's See also:

writing-See also:

DESK (from Lat. discus, quoit, in med. sense of " table," cf. " dish " and Ger. Tisch, table, from same source)

desk, so called because, when it was introduced in See also:

France about 176o, it speedily became intensely fashionable. The bonheur du jour is always very See also:

LIGHT

light and graceful; its See also:

SPECIAL

special characteristic is a raised back, which may See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form a little See also:

CABINET

cabinet or a See also:

NEST

nest of drawers, or may simply be fitted with .a See also:

MIRROR (through O. Fr. mirour, mod. miroir, from a sup-posed Late Lat. miratorium, from mirari, to admire)

mirror. The See also:

TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top, often surrounded with a chased and gilded See also:

BRONZE

bronze See also:

GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

gallery, serves for placing small ornaments. Beneath the writing See also:

SURFACE

surface there is usually a single drawer. The details vary greatly, but the See also:

general characteristics are always traceable. The bonheur du jour has never been so delicate, so charming, so coquettish as in the See also:

QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter of a See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century which followed its introduction. The choicer examples of the See also:

time are inlaid with marqueterie, edged with See also:

EXOTIC (Gr. EWTIK6s, foreign, from few, outside)

exotic See also:

woods, set in gilded bronze, or enriched with panels of See also:

ORIENTAL

Oriental See also:

LACQUER, or LACICER

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