Lot Essay
Please see lot 6 for a note on Sormani.
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BY PAUL SORMANI, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Details
An ormolu-mounted kingwood 'table mouchoir' or envelope card-table
By Paul Sormani, Paris, Late 19th Century
The square top with four hinged triangular segments, each flap opening to reveal a green baize-lined interior, above a frieze drawer, the lockplate engraved SORMANI PARIS/134 Bould. Haussmann, on cabriole legs each headed by a floral clasp, on scrolling sabots
27¾ in. (70.5 cm.) high; 23½ in. (60 cm.) square
By Paul Sormani, Paris, Late 19th Century
The square top with four hinged triangular segments, each flap opening to reveal a green baize-lined interior, above a frieze drawer, the lockplate engraved SORMANI PARIS/134 Bould. Haussmann, on cabriole legs each headed by a floral clasp, on scrolling sabots
27¾ in. (70.5 cm.) high; 23½ in. (60 cm.) square
Literature
D. Ledoux-Lebard, Le mobilier français du XIXe siècle, Paris, 1984, pp. 583 & 585 (a similar card-table illustrated).
Special notice
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