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Paul Somani marquetry side table, circa 1890

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Louis XVI Style Marquetry Side or Work Table, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th century Louis XVI style side or dressing table, having wonderful inlaid marquetry to the top and frieze, depicting classical scrolls, faux wicker and fo...
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Side Tables

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Kingwood

French Louis XVI style side table, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th Century French parquetry inlaid kidney shape side table with a single frieze drawer. The top having wonderful cross banded and radiating veneers. Gilded ormo...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Side Tables

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Mahogany

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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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Vitrines

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Pair of Louis XVI Style Side Tables with Porcelain Plaques, circa 1890
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality matched pair of French Kingwood veneered ormolu-mounted side tables, each with wonderful hand painted Sèvres style porcelain plaques depicting romantic scenes set...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Side Tables

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Porcelain, Kingwood, Mahogany

Pair of Louis XVI Inlaid Side Tables, circa 1900
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of Louis XVI style parquetry inlaid ormolu-mounted side tables, each with a single frieze drawers and raised on elegant cabriole legs terminating in scrolling orm...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Side Tables

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Regency Period Side Table, circa 1820
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality regency period rosewood and parcel-gilt side table, having its original grey veined marble top, raised on turned tapering fluted legs, united by a shelf beneath.
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Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Side Tables

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