A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY AND BOIS SATINE PEDESTALS, BY PAUL SORMANI, PARIS, CIRCA 1880

A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY AND BOIS SATINE PEDESTALS
BY PAUL SORMANI, PARIS, CIRCA 1880
Each with brèche d'alep marble top above a body hung with lions pelt mounts to the front and oak garlands to the sides, on paw feet, the top of one twice stamped 'P. SORMANI / PARIS', the top of the other twice stamped 'SORMANI PARIS' and signed 'SORMANI PARIS' to the ormolu moulding to the top
55 ½ in. (141 cm.) high; 19 ½ in. (49.5 cm.) wide; 15 in. (38 cm.) deep

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