A Private Collection: Volume 2, Important Furniture and Decoration Inspired by XVIII Century Models

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Lot 134
  • 134

Paul Sormani table ambulante Paris, circa 1875

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Description

  • paul sormani
  • height 29 3/4 in.; width 23 1/2 in.; depth 17 in.
  • 75.5 cm; 59.7 cm; 43.2 cm
satiné, the top veneered with a trellis-parquetry with ébène and buis stringings, one frieze drawer, the lockplate signed P. SORMANI PARIS / 10, r. Charlot, the lockplate has been removed to reveal the lockmakers' stamp A. CHAILLOT / PARIS.

Literature

D. Ledoux-Lebard, Le Mobilier Français du XIX Siècle, pp. 581-590

C. Payne, 19th Century European Furniture, pp. 41-42

Catalogue Note

Here, Paul Sormani has used the entwined dolphins, signifying the Dauphin, the heir to the French throne, on the stretcher, as favored by Jean-Henri Riesener.