French Louis XVI style kingwood bureau à cylindre by Paul So...

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£3,000 - £5,000

French Louis XVI style kingwood bureau à cylindre by Paul Sormani, the gilt brass pierced gallery above a tambour front opening to reveal six drawers flanking central open space and a tooled leather skiver, fitted with three further drawers with marquetry inlaid decoration, the central drawer engraved 'Paul Sormani 10 Rue Charlet Paris' to the lockpiece, raised on ormolu mounted fluted legs with ormolu caps, 114cm high x 140cm wide x 65cm deep (NOTE : Paul Sormani (1817-1877) was based at 10 rue Charlot from 1867. The business continued after Sormani's death in 1887 under the direction of his widow and son until 1934. Many of the pieces made by the firm were directly influenced by earlier 18th century models. Their work was especially recognised for its exceptional quality and was widely exhibited during the second half of the century)