A French ormolu-mounted mahogany and marquetry lady's secretaire table

BY PAUL SORMANI, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A French ormolu-mounted mahogany and marquetry lady's secretaire table
By Paul Sormani, Paris, Late 19th Century
Of serpentine outline, the top inset with a green leather writing surface within a panelled marquetry border and crossbanded edge, above a marquetry-inlaid frieze fitted with a drawer, the brass lock-plate engraved P. SORMANI PARIS/10, rue Charlot, on slender square shaped tapering legs each headed by a foliate clasp, on foliate sabots
27¾ in. (70.5 cm.) wide; 29 in. (73.5 cm.) high; 17 in. (43 cm.) deep