A Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Parquetry Vitrine Cabinet By Paul Sormani
Item # 8944
A Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Parquetry Vitrine Cabinet
By Paul Sormani
The vitrine of demilune form. The top with a central door and beveled glass above a signal drawer. The bottom as a storage cabinet.
Signed P. Sormani and Fils 10 Rue Charlot a 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 – 72 inches / 183cm
Width – 37 inches / 94cm
Depth – 16 inches / 41cm
Maker – Paul Sormani