A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED, AMBOYNA, KINGWOOD-OUTLINED, BOIS SATINE AND PARQUETRY-INLAID BONHEUR DU JOUR, by Paul Sormani, Paris, the upper part with a pierced three-quarter gallery centred by a panelled door, opening to reveal four small drawers and flanked to each side by a glazed panel door, each with a shelf to the interior, the projecting angles each with a caryatid above acanthus scroll and floral pendant, the lower part with a hinged slope opening to reveal two drawers and a sliding cover to a well, the lock signed PAUL SORMANI 10 Rue Charlot Paris, the frieze centred by a projecting tablet mounted with ribbon-tied trophies with vines and musical instruments, the sides each with a ribbon-tied palm spray, on four square-tapering legs headed by scrolled keeled angles with foliate sabots (the hinges replaced), late 19th Century

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED, AMBOYNA, KINGWOOD-OUTLINED, BOIS SATINE AND PARQUETRY-INLAID BONHEUR DU JOUR, by Paul Sormani, Paris, the upper part with a pierced three-quarter gallery centred by a panelled door, opening to reveal four small drawers and flanked to each side by a glazed panel door, each with a shelf to the interior, the projecting angles each with a caryatid above acanthus scroll and floral pendant, the lower part with a hinged slope opening to reveal two drawers and a sliding cover to a well, the lock signed PAUL SORMANI 10 Rue Charlot Paris, the frieze centred by a projecting tablet mounted with ribbon-tied trophies with vines and musical instruments, the sides each with a ribbon-tied palm spray, on four square-tapering legs headed by scrolled keeled angles with foliate sabots (the hinges replaced), late 19th Century
27in. (68.8cm.) wide; 46¾in. (118.8cm.) high; 20½in. (52cm.) deep

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The Parisian firm of Sormani made furniture for eighty-seven years between 1847 and 1934; this piece can be dated to after 1867 when the company moved to 10 Rue Charlot. Paul Sormani (d.1877) exhibited at the Exposition of 1849 where he won a bronze medal; in 1855 he won a first class medal, and another in London in 1862. He also exhibited in 1867 and 1878 in Paris. He has a reputation for high quality reproductions and interpretations of Louis XVI furniture.

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