Live Auction 16425A GOLDEN AGE: An Important Collection of 19th Century Furniture & Decorative Art
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY, SYCAMORE AND GILT-DECORATED JAPANESE LACQUER CABINET
Lot 131

A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY, SYCAMORE AND GILT-DECORATED JAPANESE LACQUER CABINET

BY PAUL SORMANI, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, THE LACQUER 18TH/19TH CENTURY

Closed16 October 2018

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY, SYCAMORE AND GILT-DECORATED JAPANESE LACQUER CABINET
BY PAUL SORMANI, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, THE LACQUER 18TH/19TH CENTURY
The three-quarter galleried top above two cabinet doors with lacquer panels, raised on two low cabinet doors, the lockplate signed 'P. SORMANI/10 rue Charlot/Paris'
65 in. (165 cm.) high, 43 ¼ in. (110 cm.) wide, 15 ½ in. (39.5 cm.) deep

Specialist note

This rare cabinet by Paul Sormani balances a traditional, albeit restrained, Louis XVI style form with sumptuous 18th century Japanese lacquer panels. For a similar example by Sormani of the same date, see C. Payne, Paris Furniture: The Luxury Market of the 19th Century, 2018, p. 88.