A French ormolu-mounted, tulipwood, end-cut marquetry and parquetry bombe bureau de dame

IN THE LOUIS XV STYLE, BY SORMANI, PARIS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A French ormolu-mounted, tulipwood, end-cut marquetry and parquetry bombe bureau de dame
In the Louis XV Style, By Sormani, Paris, Late 19th/Early 20th Century
Of serpentine outline, inlaid all over with with panels of foliate marquetry and parquetry, the bombé fall front opening to reveal a fitted interior with a shelf above three small drawers, above a well fitted with two slides and with a green leather writing surface, the brass lock-plate signed SORMANI/134 Bvd. Haussmann, Paris, flanked by bombé sides and a bombé back, on slender square shaped tapering legs, each headed by a foliate clasp and on scrolled sabots
31½ in. (80 cm.) wide; 35½ in. (90 cm.) high; 18 in. (46 cm.) deep

Lot Essay

Born in the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venice in 1817, Paul Sormani produced standard and fantasy furniture from a number of locations in Paris from the mid-19th century. In 1858 he expanded his business, producing articles, styled from the previous century's mâitre ébénistes and in 1867 established workshops at 10, rue Charlot. The business continued, after his death in 1877, under the direction of his son Paul-Charles and later moved to 134 boulevard Haussman.

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