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A fine French gilt-bronze mounted parquetry and kingwood commode by Paul Sormani, Paris circa 1870
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description
- height 35 1/2 in.; width 57 in.; depth 26 in.
- 90 cm; 145 cm; 66 cm
the shaped brocatelle marble top above three crossbanded drawers centered by escutcheons cast with Sphinxes and strapwork, flanked by gilt-bronze mounted canted corners with foliate and husks terminating in double hoof feet, the sides applied with handles and anthemion mounts, the carcass stamped twice SORMANI PARIS and the lock with inscription PAUL SORMANI 10, Rue Charlot PARIS.
Provenance
Sold, Sotheby's London, May 16, 1997, lot 136
Catalogue Note
On Paul Sormani contemporaries of the cabinetmaker used to say: "Toute sa production révèle une qualité d'exécution de tout premier ordre" (the whole of his production exhibits craftmanship of the highest quality). See: Ledoux-Lebard Denise, Les Ébénistes Du XIX ième. Siecle, les éditions de l' amateur, p. 583.