Antique 19th Century French Gilded & Painted Cylinder Desk by Paul Sormani 1875 Recently Added The next year

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The bowl of the spoon having a gold wash and is indistinctly hallmarked to the tip

with finely pierced openwork and engraved decoration

to have the clock set to silent or to chime

Fradelle studied under Joseph-Benoît Suvée at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris

Antique 19th Century French Gilded & Painted Cylinder Desk by Paul Sormani 1875 Recently Added The next yearSOLD A fine late 19th century antique French painted & gilded mechanical Cylinder desk, by Paul Sormani, circa 1875. This very elegant antique cylinder desk by one of the preeminent French cabinet makers of the late 19th century. The desk having a mechanical auction when the drawer is opened the cylinder top retracts to reveal a recessed pen storage area and two removable glass inkwells, both original to the desk. The fold out writing surface having