BY PAUL SORMANI, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

Of oval outshape, the stepped entablature above a glazed bombé button-release door enclosing an interior fitted with one glass shelf, with corresponding glazed sides divided by fluted pilasters headed by cherub-mask fruiting clasps, the apron set to each side with an interlaced 'L' mount and fronted by a long drawer, on fluted square-tapering legs joined by an oval tier veneered in acajou moucheté, on acanthus-clad sabots, the drawer lockplate engraved 'P. SORMANI ET FILS / 10 R. CHARLOT A PARIS'

59 in. (150 cm.) high; 25 in. (63.5 cm.) wide; 15 in. (38 cm.) deep

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 24 September 2008, lot 109 (£12,500).

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