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A LOUIS XV/XVI STYLE SYCAMORE AND PARQUETRY TABLE À AMBULANTE
CIRCA 1870, BY PAUL SORMANI
IN THE MANNER OF LACROIX, WITH OVAL THREE-QUARTER GALLERIED TOP INLAID WITH TRELLIS-AND-ROSETTE IN GREEN-STAINED WOODS ABOVE A CONFORMING AND SIMILARLY INLAID FRIEZE WITH A DRAWER, ON CABRIOLE LEGS JOINED BY AN OVAL TIER, SIGNED P. SORMANI, 10 RUE CHARLOT, PARIS
PAUL SORMANI WAS ACTIVE AT THE RUE CHARLOT ADDRESS FROM 1867 UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1877 (D. LEDOUX-LEBARD, MOBILIER FRANçAIS DU XIXEME SIèCLE, REV'D.ED., 1989, P. 583). THIS LOT IS A COPY OF MODEL BY ROGER VAN DER CRUSE, CALLED LACROIX. EXAMPLES ARE AT WADDESDON MANOR, WINDSOR CASTLE AND FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF HENRY FORD II, SOLD SOTHEBY PARKE BERNET, NEW YORK, 25 FEBRUARY 1978, LOT 76 AND 77.
CIRCA 1870, BY PAUL SORMANI
IN THE MANNER OF LACROIX, WITH OVAL THREE-QUARTER GALLERIED TOP INLAID WITH TRELLIS-AND-ROSETTE IN GREEN-STAINED WOODS ABOVE A CONFORMING AND SIMILARLY INLAID FRIEZE WITH A DRAWER, ON CABRIOLE LEGS JOINED BY AN OVAL TIER, SIGNED P. SORMANI, 10 RUE CHARLOT, PARIS
PAUL SORMANI WAS ACTIVE AT THE RUE CHARLOT ADDRESS FROM 1867 UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1877 (D. LEDOUX-LEBARD, MOBILIER FRANçAIS DU XIXEME SIèCLE, REV'D.ED., 1989, P. 583). THIS LOT IS A COPY OF MODEL BY ROGER VAN DER CRUSE, CALLED LACROIX. EXAMPLES ARE AT WADDESDON MANOR, WINDSOR CASTLE AND FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF HENRY FORD II, SOLD SOTHEBY PARKE BERNET, NEW YORK, 25 FEBRUARY 1978, LOT 76 AND 77.