ATTRIBUTED TO SORMANI (1817-1866), CONSOLE GAMBLING... Lot 230
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ATTRIBUTED TO SORMANI (1817-1866), CONSOLE GAMBLING TABLE, LOUIS XVI STYLE, SECOND HALF OF THE 19th CENTURY
Rectangular shape with central protrusion and corbelled spouts; in natural wood and plywood veneer. The top swivels and opens to form a games table. The top is decorated with a vase marquetry of flowers and winged sphinxes in foliage scrolls and pearl friezes. The top and belt are edged with a gilded bronze laurel garland. It opens with a drawer in the waistband. Tapered, fluted and asparagus-studded legs, also in gilt bronze.
(Insolate on one side, small accidents and missing parts)
A console games table, attributed to Sormani, Louis XVI style, second half 19th century
h. 75 - W. 85 - D. 46 CM - H. 29,5 - W. 33,5 - D. 18,1 IN.
Paul Sormani (1817-1877) was one of the most important Parisian cabinetmakers of the second half of the 19th century. He began his business at 7, cimetière Saint-Nicolas, before moving to 114, rue du Temple in 1847. Sormani first exhibited his work at the Paris Exhibition of 1849, where he was awarded a bronze medal, then at the International Exhibition of 1855, where he was awarded a first-class medal. He travelled to London in 1862, where he won another award and a special mention for his small bronze fantasy furniture and decorative objects at the 1867 Paris Exhibition. By 1867, when he opened at 10 rue Charlot, he was at the height of his success. He gradually moved away from small-scale works (kits and fancy furniture) to create Louis XV and Louis XVI furniture, for which he was responsible. Although he received several medals at the various World's Fairs he took part in (1849, 1855, 1862), it was at the 1867 Exposition that his work was described in the following terms: "his entire production reveals a first-rate quality of execution".
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Bird's-eye maple, burr amboyna, amaranth, sycamore, stained sycamore
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