A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH, KINGWOOD, BOIS SATINÉ, BURR-AMBOYNA AND MARQUETRY COMMODE, AFTER THE MODEL BY GEORG HAUPT, BY PAUL SORMANI, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH, KINGWOOD, BOIS SATINÉ, BURR-AMBOYNA AND MARQUETRY COMMODE
AFTER THE MODEL BY GEORG HAUPT, BY PAUL SORMANI, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The breakfront brèche nouvelle marble top above three frieze drawers and three doors enclosing shelved interiors, inlaid with a pair of putti supporting wheat sheaths, twice stamped 'SORMANI/PARIS' to the top of the carcass, the lock-plate signed 'SORMANI/134 Bvd Haussmann Paris'
36 ½ in. (93 cm.) high, 56 in. (42.5 cm.) wide, 22 ¾ in. (50 cm.) deep

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