Lot Essay
Please see lot 6 for a note on Sormani.
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BY PAUL SORMANI, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Details
A Louis XV style ormolu-mounted kingwood and marquetry bureau plat
By Paul Sormani, Paris, Third quarter 19th century
Inlaid all over with flowers, the shaped top above three frieze drawers, the central lockplate engraved P. SORMANI/10, r. Charlot, the sides each with a pull-out slide, inset with a black leather writing-surface, the back with simulated drawers, on cabriole legs each headed by a scrolling foliate mount and scrolling acanthus-cast sabots
28¾ in. (73 cm.) high; 42¼ in. (107 cm.) wide; 22¼ in. (56 cm.)
By Paul Sormani, Paris, Third quarter 19th century
Inlaid all over with flowers, the shaped top above three frieze drawers, the central lockplate engraved P. SORMANI/10, r. Charlot, the sides each with a pull-out slide, inset with a black leather writing-surface, the back with simulated drawers, on cabriole legs each headed by a scrolling foliate mount and scrolling acanthus-cast sabots
28¾ in. (73 cm.) high; 42¼ in. (107 cm.) wide; 22¼ in. (56 cm.)
Special notice
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