P. Sormani
N°10
Cabinet-maker (1817-1877)
Jewels Cabinet Signed on the keylock P. Sormani – 10 r. Charlot, Paris France Circa 1870 Height: 146 cm (57 1/2 in.); Width: 93 cm (36 2/3 in.); Depth: 41 cm (16 in.)
FURNITURE
Exquisite Louis XVI style jewels cabinet made in mahogany. Opening with a central door ornated with a polychrom painted porcelain plaque onto a sycomore wood interior. Flanked on each side by five leathered drawers. Mounted with fine gilt-bronze ornaments.
Cabinet inspired by the 18th C. models executed by Adam Weisweiler and made by Paul Sormani in the 19th C., who presented the model of this cabinet at the 1867 Paris Universal Exhibition (left picture: engraving published in The Art Journal of 1867). A similar cabinet (right picture) is reproduced in L’ameublement d’art français, 1850-1900, (book by Camille Mestdagh, Les Ed. de l’Amateur, Paris, 2010, p°61).
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