A Transitional style ormolu-mounted mahogany vitrine

BY PAUL SORMANI, PARIS, CIRCA 1870

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A Transitional style ormolu-mounted mahogany vitrine
By Paul Sormani, Paris, Circa 1870
The shaped pink and green Campan marble top over scrolling foliage, above a bevelled glass panelled cupboard door, the sides similarly decorated, the interior with a mirrored back, two shelves and green velvet-lined base, on four tapering cabriole legs applied at the hips with flowering urns trailing bellflowers down to scrolled sabots, the lock engraved SORMANI/10 R.CHARLOT/PARIS, electrified
62¼in. (58.2cm.) high; 29 3/8in. (74.7cm.) wide; 15½in. (39.4cm.) deep

Lot Essay

Please see the previous lot for a note on Paul Sormani.
A pair of similar vitrines by Paul Sormani sold Sotheby's New York, 6 June 2001, Lot 253 ($30,650).

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