A FRENCH CANED MAHOGANY WASTEPAPER BASKET
A FRENCH CANED MAHOGANY WASTEPAPER BASKET

BY PAUL SORMANI, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH CANED MAHOGANY WASTEPAPER BASKET
BY PAUL SORMANI, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Stamped SORMANI/PARIS, inventory label 148, previously silk-lined
12 ½ in. (31.5 cm.) high; 12 ¼ in. (31 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Purchased by William James prior to 1912.
Literature
West Dean Park, Inventory, 1912, Vol. I WDMS. 336, p. 237 – THE MORNING ROOM – 'A mahogany oviform shape waste paper receptacle, with canework panels, lined green silk'.

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