Sale
15279 - Fine European and American Furniture and Decorative Arts, 25 Jun 2007
220 San Bruno Ave., San Francisco
Lot No: 2339W
A fine Louis XV style gilt bronze and coromandel lacquer mounted ebonized commode
Paul Sormani
Paris
third quarter 19th century
The breche d'alep marble top of serpentine outline and with a molded and stepped edge, above a conforming case lacquered to depict court scenes and fitted with two long drawers mounted sans traverse with scrolling foliate encadrements, the sides similarly mounted, above a seated putto bearing a flowering branch, raised on cabriole legs with oaken chutes continuing to scrolled sabots; signed P SORMANI PARIS on the upper section of the right chute.
35 1/2in (90cm); width 5ft 4 1/4in (1.64m); 25 3/4in (66cm)
Sold for $168,000 inclusive of Buyer's Premium
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Footnote:
Paul Sormani was one the most important ébénistes of the 19th century. Italian by birth, his first gallery and workshop was established in 1847 in Paris. Although the firm was in existence until 1934, Paul Sormani died in 1877. After Sormani's death in 1877, the firm continued under the direction of his widow, Ursule-Marie-Phlippine. Specialising in furniture made in the Louis XV and Louis XVI style, Sormani advertised his workshop as providing "toute sa production revele une qualite d'execution de tout premiere ordre". He received a medal of première classe at the Exposition Universelle of 1855, followed by another medal at the 1862 exposition in London. The superb quality of the bronze chasing and gilding on the offered commode and the overall form, execution, use of lacquer as well as the rare color of the marble make this one of Sormani's masterpieces.
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