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Small mahogany veneered tiered desk opening with t…

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Paul SORMANI (1817-1877) Small mahogany veneered tiered desk opening with three drawers, one of which is flush with a curtain revealing three others. Finely chased gilt bronze ornamentation such as key escutcheons, pull handles, sconces and sabots. The top is encircled by an openwork brass gallery. Sheath feet. Signed "P. Sormani 10 rue Charlot Paris" on one lock. H : 103 cm - W : 75 cm - D : 50 cm

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Paul SORMANI (1817-1877) Small mahogany veneered tiered desk opening with three drawers, one of which is flush with a curtain revealing three others. Finely chased gilt bronze ornamentation such as key escutcheons, pull handles, sconces and sabots. The top is encircled by an openwork brass gallery. Sheath feet. Signed "P. Sormani 10 rue Charlot Paris" on one lock. H : 103 cm - W : 75 cm - D : 50 cm

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Estim. 3 000 - 5 000 EUR

LOUIS XVI-STYLE DESK By Sormani In mahogany and mahogany veneer, decorated with chased and gilded bronze, the waist opening by a drawer bearing a plaque engraved Vve P. SORMANI & FILS/ 10 rue Charlot/PARIS, the waist with scrolls on either side of a reserve decorated with a foliage cartouche, the sheathed legs joined by a spacer with interlacing and ending in spinning tops;fitted with a removable glass top (not illustrated). H.:74.5 cm (29 ¼ in.) L.:130 cm (51 ¼ in.) P.:80 cm (31 ½ in.) A Louis XVI style gilt-bronze and mahogany bureau plat, by Sormani 3 000 - 5 000 € The business of Paul Sormani (1817-1877) was taken over after his death by his son and widow under the name Sormani veuve, Paul et fils, at 10 rue Charlot in Paris, until 1886, when Madame Sormani died. The company moved to 134, boulevard Haussmann, in 1912, when they joined forces with Thiébaux.

Estim. 150 - 200 EUR

Cylinder desk in mahogany and mahogany veneer, opening with four drawers on the front, a cylinder revealing a tray, pigeonholes and three drawers. The top opens with three drawers. Restoration period, 19th century. Height: 120 cm; Length: 127 cm; Depth: 60 cm.

Estim. 1 500 - 2 000 EUR

SORMANI (1817-1866), EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE, LONDON 1862, WRITER'S BOX, LOUIS XVI STYLE, SECOND HALF OF THE 19th CENTURY of rectangular stepped form; veneered with rosewood, amaranth, rosewood, Rio rosewood, lemon, sycamore and green-tinted sycamore and tobacco. It is inlaid in diamond-shaped reserves with fillets of framing and friezes of foliage enrubannés with fillets of pearled reserves and ormolu rais-de-cœurs borders. Signed on the lock Sormani, rue du Temple, Paris, Exposition universelle Londres 1862 (The key is missing, and there are a few minor accidents and chips). A writing case by Sormani, in the Louis XVI style, second half 19th century HEIGHT. 25 - WIDTH. 44 - PROF. 35 CM - H. 9,8 - W. 17,3 - D. 13,8 IN. Paul Sormani (1817-1877) was one of the most important Parisian cabinetmakers of the second half of the 19th century. He began his business at 7, cimetière Saint-Nicolas, before moving to 114, rue du Temple in 1847. Sormani first exhibited his work at the Paris Exhibition of 1849, where he was awarded a bronze medal, and then at the International Exhibition of 1855, where he was awarded a first-class medal. He travelled to London in 1862, where he won another award and a special mention for his small bronze fantasy furniture and decorative objects at the 1867 Paris Exhibition. By 1867, when he opened at 10 rue Charlot, he was at the height of his success. He gradually moved away from small-scale works (kits and fancy furniture) to create furniture in the Louis XV and Louis XVI styles. Although he received several medals at the various Universal Exhibitions he took part in (1849, 1855, 1862), it was at the 1867 Exposition that his work was described in the following terms: "his entire production reveals a first-rate quality of execution".

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Small lady's desk in kidney-shaped veneer, opening with two stepped drawers and a drawer in the waist, top covered with a green leather writing tablet gilded with small iron, resting on four arched legs finished with sabot shoes. Louis XV style Dimensions: 90 x 80 x 50 cm

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