A CONTINENTAL RENAISSANCE STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED WALNUT SIDEBOARD, LATE 19TH CENTURY, BY PAUL SORMANI, with a moulded rectangular fleur de pêche marble top with a panelled rectangular splashboard inset centrally with a filigree diamond shaped panel flanked by tondos of medieval nobles divided by inset marble panels above a central drawer inset with marble flanked by drawers and applied paterae on fluted columnar turned supports headed by corinthian capitols and backed by panels supporting a shelf on a moulded breakfront plinth inscribed 'Paul Sormani 10 r. Charlot, Paris'--52in. high, 57¼in. wide, 22in. deep

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A CONTINENTAL RENAISSANCE STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED WALNUT SIDEBOARD, LATE 19TH CENTURY, BY PAUL SORMANI, with a moulded rectangular fleur de pêche marble top with a panelled rectangular splashboard inset centrally with a filigree diamond shaped panel flanked by tondos of medieval nobles divided by inset marble panels above a central drawer inset with marble flanked by drawers and applied paterae on fluted columnar turned supports headed by corinthian capitols and backed by panels supporting a shelf on a moulded breakfront plinth inscribed 'Paul Sormani 10 r. Charlot, Paris'--52in. high, 57¼in. wide, 22in. deep

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Paul Sormani (b. 1817) is recorded as having worked at 10 Rue Charlot in 1867 and participated in the Expositions universelles in 1849, 1855 and 1867, being awarded medals at each. He is known for his interpretations of fine French furniture in the Louis XV and XVI styles. Cf. D. Ledoux-Lebard, Les Ébénistes du XIXe Siècle, 1984, p.588.

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