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A Paul Sormani Giltwood and Marble Center Table

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Furniture Start Price:7,500.00 USD Estimated At:30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD
A Paul Sormani Giltwood and Marble Center Table
<B>A Monumental French Louis XVI Style Giltwood and Marble Center Table</B></I><BR><BR>Paul Sormani (1817-1871), Paris, France<BR>Late Nineteenth Century<BR>Gilded wood, breche violet marble<BR>Stamped: <I>P. SORMANI</B></I><BR>34.5 in. high x 97 in. wide x 57 in. deep<BR><BR>With a rounded rectangular molded breche violet marble top with cut-out corners above a breakfront frieze carved with fluting and guilloche, centering cartouches, with pierced carved berry and laurel swags; on eight square tapering legs carved with berry and laurel pendants, each pair centering a turned tapering stop-fluted support with a shaped plinth supporting two cherubs, on leaf-tip carved square tapering feet; a pierced intricately carved foliate H-stretcher centering a carved flower-filled basket.<BR><BR>Provenance:<BR> Private Collection, Argentina<BR> Collection of Mrs. Barbara Woodard Lips, San Antonio, Texas<BR> Mayo Foundation, sold Christie's East, New York, October 24, 1995<BR> Hendershott Collection1 <BR><BR><B>Condition Report:</B> Normal signs of wear as appropriate with age. Losses and flaking to gilding.