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Lot 389 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (LOTS 389 & 390)
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND BOIS SATINE CARTONNIER
BY PAUL SORMANI, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Closed17 March 2011
Price Realised
GBP 3,250
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Specialist note
This model of cartonnier is twice illustrated in a Sormani catalogue entitled 'Cabinets de Travail' (reproduced above). Stock number 2413, it is described as 'Cartonnier cintré satiné et violet, 35.5 cm. high'.
Although signed by Sormani, it was purchased by the present owner from the family of Jean Bieder, who was François Linke's contremaitre, and who had in turn bought it from Linke or his heirs. Another, slightly larger, example, also from the Bieder family, sold A Private Collection Volume II, Sotheby's, New York, lot 92.
Although signed by Sormani, it was purchased by the present owner from the family of Jean Bieder, who was François Linke's contremaitre, and who had in turn bought it from Linke or his heirs. Another, slightly larger, example, also from the Bieder family, sold A Private Collection Volume II, Sotheby's, New York, lot 92.