A Lovely Late 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Vernis Martin Ladies Secretaire Cabinet By Paul Sormani
Item # CC1215
A Lovely Late 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Vernis Martin Ladies Secretaire Cabinet
By Paul Sormani
The rectangular upper section topped by a bronze gallery, above a fall front set with a painted panel of loving couple, opening to a satinwood interior with a shelf and two drawers. Below with two drawers centered with a painted panel of cupid and a dove. The sides quartered veneered with bronze women mounts.
Signed P. Sormani 10 R Charlot Paris to the lock.
Paul Sormani (1817-1877), was born in Venice in 1817, and was a 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'.
Sormani exhibited in Paris in 1849, 1855, 1862, 1867, 1878 and 1900, and in London in 1862, winning numerous medals. Amongst the items Sormani exhibited at the 1900 Exposition Universelle were a Louis XV style bureau and a Louis XVI style commode both based on originals held in the Jones Collection at the South Kensington Museum.
Details:
Height – 50 inches / 127cm
Width – 24 inches / 61cm
Depth – 14 inches / 36cm
Maker – Paul Sormani
