A superb quality bonheur du jour from the renown workshops of Paul Sormani of Paris, France. Constructed from fine local and imported exotic timbers including kingwood, harewood, thuya, burr maple, boxwood and various stained woods with top quality ormolu mounts. The top section having a broken arch pediment with marquetry inlay and central ormolu urn. The arched panelled door having very good marquetry inlay with ormolu mounts and flanked by square reeded columns with ormolu Corinthian capitals. The sides having 2 shaped shelves with burr maple inlay and mounts. There are 2 small bow fronted drawers to the top, one opens to reveal the 2 original ink wells. The “D” shaped top of the base having a stunning panel of very fine intricate floral and scrolling marquetry with a flaming urn to the centre and very subtle pen work. Below the shaped front is a pull out writing slide which retains the original tooled blue velvet lining, the full width birds eye maple lined drawer with marquetry in...