Antique French Napoleon III Marquetry Jewelry or Gloves Box, Paul SORMANI coromandel A splendid set

A splendid set

and certainly no holes nor tearing at all

The set kept in what is most likely the original storage and/or presentation case

Nothing spongy or ruined about him

Antique French Napoleon III Marquetry Jewelry or Gloves Box, Paul SORMANI coromandel A splendid setA splendid quality maker, the items with signature "P. Sormani, Paris" are highly sought after in France and Europe where they understand that it's a bit like a Tiffany or Chanel, but a century earlier. The finest 19th century cabinetry makers (ebenists) were firms like TAHAN, Vervelle, Sormani, Giroux. A handful whose artistry far exceeded the others and whose objects went to the elite, Royals, upper crust of their time. Each went on to expand to