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Creator: Paul Somani
Dealer: Patrick Moorhead Antiques
French 19th Century Side Cabinet, Signed Paul Sormani
By Paul Somani
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th century French Louis XVI style marble topped side cabinet. Having wonderful quality gilded ormolu mounts depicting swags, drapes and buffalo heads. Parquetry...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Paul Somani
Materials
Ormolu
Side cabinet on stand, by Paul Somani, 19th Century.
By Paul Somani
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th Century French Kingwood, ormolu mounted side cabinet on stand, having the original marble top with a three quarter pierced brass gallery. A pair of wonderful...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Paul Somani
Materials
Ormolu
Paul Somani marquetry side table, circa 1890
By Paul Somani
Located in Brighton, Sussex
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; Soman...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Paul Somani
Materials
Mahogany
Late 19th Century 'Sormani' Ormolu Inkwell
By Paul Somani
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th century gilded ormolu desk inkwell, stamped; Sormani, Paris. Having wonderful stylized scrolling foliate and shell like decoration, with a hinged central lid...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Paul Somani
Materials
Ormolu
Pair French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Display Cabinets, 19th Century Paul Somani.
By Paul Somani
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality pair of late 19th century French mahogany bow fronted display cabinets, each with a gallery to the top, gilded ormolu foliate and molded mounts, central doors with a glass shelf within, a frieze drawer above a shelf beneath with a paneled back and raised on elegant cabriole legs.
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...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Paul Somani
Materials
Ormolu
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Paul Somani furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of wood and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Paul Somani furniture, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original furniture by Paul Somani were created in the Louis XVI style in france during the 19th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by E. Kahn, Victor Raulin, and Emmanuel-Alfred Beurdeley. Prices for Paul Somani furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $3,057 and can go as high as $43,358, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $11,149.