Live Auction 14227The Collector: Silver,19th Century Furniture, Sculpture & Works of Art
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH, SYCAMORE AND CITRONNIER MARQUETRY WRITING/DRESSING TABLE
Lot 538 PROPERTY OF A DUTCH GENTLEMAN

A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH, SYCAMORE AND CITRONNIER MARQUETRY WRITING/DRESSING TABLE

BY PAUL SORMANI, PARIS, CIRCA 1870-1900

Closed16 November 2017

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GBP 10,625

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH, SYCAMORE AND CITRONNIER MARQUETRY WRITING/DRESSING TABLE
BY PAUL SORMANI, PARIS, CIRCA 1870-1900
The top inlaid with a floral bouquet, sliding to reveal a drawer fitted with a mirror and two compartments with covers inlaid with floral bouquets, the lockplate signed 'SORMANI PARIS / 134. Bould Haussmann'
28 ¾ in. (73 cm.) high; 28 ¾ in. (73 cm.) wide; 13 ¾ in. (35 cm.) deep, closed; 24 ½ in. (62 cm.) deep, open

Property from a Private European Family Collection, Christie’s, London, 22 September 2011, lot 124.

Specialist note

After the table à ecrire made for the marquise de Pompadour, stamped J.-F. Oeben and RVLC (The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, Metropolitan Museum, New York, Inv. 1982.60.61) illustrated in C. Roinet, Roger Vandercruse dit La Croix, Paris, 2000, p. 43.