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Paul Somani marquetry side table, circa 1890

SKU : 28660

£3,800.00

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20 kilos
1890
77 x 46 x 34 cm (30 ¹/₄ x 18 ¹/₈ x 13 ³/₈ inches)
Mahogany
France
'Somani' stamped on the lock

DIMENSIONS 77 x 46 x 34 cm (30 ¹/₄ x 18 ¹/₈ x 13 ³/₈ inches)

Fine quality late 19th Century French marquetry inlaid side table, having three serpentine fronted drawers, raised on elegant cabriole legs, ormolu mounted. Signed to the lock; Somani.
Batch 77 62612 DNSKZ
 
Signed; Paul Sormani (1817-1877), one the most important cabinetmakers of the 19th century, was born in Venice. Having trained as a cabinetmaker, he moved to Paris where he opened his first shop in 1847 specializing in furniture made in the Louis XV and Louis XVI style. When she decorated her palace, Empress Eugenie, the wife of Emperor Napoleon III, who was particularly fond of furniture in the 18th century styles, engaged Sormani to create spectacular pieces to compliment her period examples. Sormani was able to meet the Empress’s high standards with the excellent quality of the cabinet work, bronze mounts, use of lacquer and unusual marbles. Sormani’s firm was a maker of fine “meubles de luxe”, (deluxe furniture) whose work was described in the 1867 Exposition Universelle catalogue as “toute sa production revele une qualite d’execution de tout premier ordre”. He received a medal of premiere classe at the Exposition Universelle of 1855, followed by another medal at the 1862 exposition in London The workshop also made eclectic furniture in contemporary styles. Paul Somani.
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Paul Somani marquetry side table, circa 1890

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20 kilos
1890
77 x 46 x 34 cm (30 ¹/₄ x 18 ¹/₈ x 13 ³/₈ inches)
Mahogany
France
'Somani' stamped on the lock

DIMENSIONS 77 x 46 x 34 cm (30 <span>¹/₄</span> x 18 <span>¹/₈</span> x 13 <span>³/₈</span> inches)

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