Antique 19th Century French Gilded & Painted Cylinder Desk by Paul Sormani 1875 Drawings & Prints to the center is an

to the center is an inset rectangular carved panel

In the late 1950's

Europe and the States

plus a model number written by hand in red

Antique 19th Century French Gilded & Painted Cylinder Desk by Paul Sormani 1875 Drawings & Prints to the center is anSOLD 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