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A French late 19th century Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted mahogany bureau plat by Paul Sormani, Paris

9 July 2015, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A French late 19th century Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted mahogany bureau plat by Paul Sormani, Paris

the rectangular top with a tooled leather inset, the frieze drawer with a central panel of rinceaux and a neo-classical mask, opposed by a dummy drawer, on fluted turned legs, the lock engraved 'P. SORMANI PARIS/ 10 r. Charlot', 85cm wide, 55cm deep, 72cm high (33in wide, 21 1/2in deep, 28in high).

Footnotes

Paul Sormani was born in Italy in 1817. The highly successful business he established in Paris was relocated 10, rue Charlot in the 1860s. On his death in 1867 the firm was taken over by his wife and son, renamed VEUVE P.SORMANI ET FILS and later only by his son PAUL SORMANI. In the 1900s the business relocated Boulevard Haussman. The firm produced furniture in a variety of styles, including excellent quality versions in Louis XV and Louis XVI styles. They exhibited at all the major exhibitions of his time, winning medals in 1849, 1855, 1867, 1878, 1889 and 1900.

Literature:
Camille Mestdagh, l'ameublement d'art français (1850-1900), 2010.

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