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A Fine Regence Style Ebonised and Gilt-Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat by Sormani.
The central drawer bearing a label for ‘VVE P. SORMANI & FILS 10, r. Charlot Paris’.
Paris, Circa 1880.
Born in Venice in 1817, Paul Sormani (1817-1877), was a Parisian maker of fine 'meubles de luxe'. His work was described in the catalogue of the 1867 Exposition Universelle as: 'toute sa production révèle une qualité d'exécution de tout premier ordre' (all of his production reveals a quality of execution all of the first order').
Sormani exhibited at the International Exhibitions in Paris in 1849, 1855, 1867, 1878 and 1900, and in London in 1862, winning numerous medals.
Dimensions
Height : 75 cm, Width : 145 cm, Depth : 84 cmStock number
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