A fine quality Louis XV style ormolu mounted kingwood and palisander bureau plat maker's mark P. Sormani, Paris, late 19th century, rectangular, the leather inset writing surface within a gilt bronze egg and dart border, above three frieze drawers and opposing sham drawers, raised on slender cabriole legs applied with maiden mask heads and lion's paw sabots, stamped to the top edge of the lock plate in the central drawer 'P. Sormani Paris / 10 rue Charlot,' 183 x 79 x 98 cm.