Lot Details
Lot 483
French Ormolu-Mounted Tulipwood, Kingwood, Mahogany and Bois Satiné Parquetry and Painted Secrétaire à Abattant by Veuve Paul Sormani & Fils
In the style of Jean-Henri Riesener, late 19th/early 20th century
The galleried rectangular top above a fall front painted with a mythological scene and opening to a leather-lined panel and drawers and shelves above three frieze drawers, raised on tapering square legs joined by a platform stretcher; the lockplate stamped Vve P. SORMANI & FILS / 10, r. Charlot. Height 55 inches (139.7 cm), width 34 inches (86.3 cm), depth 15 inches (38.1 cm).
The lockplate stamp is that of Ursule-Marie-Philippine Bouvaist, widow of the renowned Parisian maker, Paul Sormani, and his son, Paul-Charles, who continued to produce furniture after the elder Sormani's death in 1877. The firm merged wtih Thiébaut Frères in 1914, moving to 134, Boulevard Haussmann where it remained until it ceased trading in 1934.
A secrétaire à abattant of this model was sold, Sotheby's, Paris, November 11, 2013, lot 379.
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