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

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Lot 21
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Paul Sormani bureau plat Paris, circa 1870

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Description

  • paul sormani
  • height 29 3/8 in.; width 44 3/4 in.; depth 26 1/2 in.
  • 74.6 cm; 113.7 cm; 67.3 cm
satiné, amarante, and bois de bout floral marquetry, gilt-tooled claret leather-lined top, three frieze drawers, the lockplate to the central drawer signed PAUL SORMANI / 10.r. Charlot.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

This elegant Louis XV style bureau plat is closely related to a writing desk made by the celebrated cabinetmaker Pierre Garnier (c. 1720-1800), reçu maître en 1742 and sold in the Collection of Charles Wrightsman, Sotheby's, New York, May 5, 1984, lot 214, $245,000.