Lot Essay
Paul Sormani is recorded as having worked in Paris at 10 Rue Charlotte after 1867. He is renowned for his fine quality interpretations of 18th Century French furniture and decorative arts.
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A LOUIS XV STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD PETIT BUREAU PLAT
LATE 19TH CENTURY, BY PAUL SORMANI
With a serpentine rectangular ormolu-molded top inset with a brown leather writing surface above a conforming shaped frieze fitted with three drawers, on cabriole legs with foliate-scrolling sabots, the lockplate inscribed 'P. Sormani, Paris. 10 R. Charlot'--29in. (73.6cm.) high, 39¾in. (101.6cm.) wide, 21in. (53.3cm.) deep
LATE 19TH CENTURY, BY PAUL SORMANI
With a serpentine rectangular ormolu-molded top inset with a brown leather writing surface above a conforming shaped frieze fitted with three drawers, on cabriole legs with foliate-scrolling sabots, the lockplate inscribed 'P. Sormani, Paris. 10 R. Charlot'--29in. (73.6cm.) high, 39¾in. (101.6cm.) wide, 21in. (53.3cm.) deep