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A FINE AMARANTH, ROSEWOOD AND FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY 'BUREAU DE DAME' BY SORMANI, PARIS, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY. In Louis XV style, of lightly bombe form, the galleried top above a cylindre enclosing a leather lined writing surface and various drawers, the apron revealing a pull-out accommodating a pair of lidded compartments and a central cover opened by a secret mechanism and showing a mirror and another compartment, the lock engraved SORMANI PARIS 134 BOULd HAUSSMANN, raised on slender legs, marquetted with Neoclassical trophies and attributes, the cylindre and apron with medallions enclosing village landscapes, applied with fine mounts of gilt bronze, the herm signed SORMANI PARIS height 101,5cm width 84 cm depth 52 cm Italian by birth, Paul Sormani established his high successful, and long-lived business in 1847 at 7, Rue de la Cimetiere Saint Nicolas. From 1847-1854 the address was 114, rue du Temple, and finally 10, rue Charlot in 1867. The firm exhibited at all of the major international exhibitions of 1855, 1862 and 1867, with "petit meubles de fantasie", as well as fine quality versions in the Louis XV, XVI and Transitional styles. On Sormani's death, the business was continued by his wife and son, with pieces then bearing the signature, Vve Sormani & fils. On Paul Sormani contemporaries of the cabinetmaker used to say: "Toute sa production revele une qualite d'execution de tout premier ordre" (the whole of his production exhibits craftmanship of the highest quality). See: D.Ledoux-Lebard, Les Ebenistes Du XIX ieme. Siecle, Les editions de l'amateur, Paris 1989, p. 583 Price: on request |