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Material: Ormolu
Antique Pair Blue and White Porcelain Ormolu Bronze Table Lamps Chinese European
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning Pair Traditional Bulbous Form Art Deco Period Blue and White Ribbed Porcelain Vases of generous proportions, now converted to a pair of electric Table Lamps, possibly of Chi...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Pair French Vernis Martin Vitrine Display Cabinets 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning pair of antique French louis XV Revival Vernis Martin display cabinets, circa 1880 in date.
The cabinets feature shaped tops with impressive ormolu mounts, the b...
Category
1880s Revival Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Vintage Italian Oval Sorrento Marquetry Drinks Tray Mid 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a lovely vintage Italian Sorrento walnut and ormolu drinks tray.
The oval tray is very decorative, with profuse floral marquetry decoration with a central bouquet of flowers...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Auguste Ledru (French, 1860-1902) Large Naïade Bronze Centerpiece circa 1895
By Auguste Ledru
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Auguste Ledru (French, 1860-1902) Naïade Bronze Centerpiece circa 1895
Figural bronze Centerpiece
Representing a nude woman resting on a rock and surmounting two trays designed as ...
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1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Late 19th Century Photo Frame - Louis XVI Style - Ormolu Bronze
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Elegant and refined 19th century French photo frame in the Louis XVI style. Crafted in bronze with exquisite ormolu (gilt bronze) finish, the frame features finely cast details inclu...
Category
1870s French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
Impressive Empire Style Malachite and Ormolu Center Table After Desmalter
By François-Honoré-Georges Jacob-Desmalter
Located in Long Island City, NY
An impressive empire style malachite and ormolu center table after the imperial model by Francois Honore Georges Jacob-Desmalter, 1770-1841.
"AUX CARIATIDES", Empire style round m...
Category
Early 20th Century French Empire Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Malachite, Ormolu
$32,500 Sale Price
27% Off
Mid 19th century inlaid walnut credenza sideboard
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid 19th century inlaid walnut breakfront credenza sideboard circa 1850
We are pleased to offer this stunning profusely inlaid sideboard. Breakfront shaped and offering 3 glazed doo...
Category
Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Vintage Ormolu Mounted Coffee Table Marble Top Mid 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is an exquisite continental ormolu-mounted walnut and marble top coffee table, circa 1950 in date.
This wonderful coffee tabl...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Antique Set of 6 French Neo-Classical Style Ormolu Wall Lights 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning set of six antique French Neo-Classical ormolu three branch wall sconces, Circa 1880 in date.
They feature ribbon tied and torch form back plates with laurel swa...
Category
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Vintage French Gilt Marble Religious Holy Crucifix Jesus Christ Cross
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Exceptionally Fine Museum Quality Example of a Well Cast Parian (unglazed porcelain) Figure depicting Jesus Christ nailed to a plain black marble standing Cross of impressive prop...
Category
19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Ormolu
Antique French Walnut & Marble Louis-Philippe Walnut Commode Chest Drawers 1840
Located in Portland, OR
A very fine antique French Louis-Philippe figured burl walnut & marble top commode, chest of drawers, circa 1840.
The commode is in excellent condition, it is made from the finest vi...
Category
1840s French Louis Philippe Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Antique Lady's Ormolu Bronze Dore Jewellery Box Casket Maison Boissier Paris
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Absolutely stunning French chisel cast Medieval revival Bombe shaped Lady's Jewlery Casket of Museum quality, made during the second quarter of the Nineteenth Century. Firmly attribu...
Category
Early 19th Century French Victorian Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
Antique French Louis Revival Dining Table and 6 Chairs 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful dining set comprising an antique French Louis Revival dining table, Circa 1920 in date, and a beautiful set of six Gondola Dining Chairs C1950.
This antique Fre...
Category
20th Century French Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
A French 19th C. Louis XV Style Ormolu Cherub Clock & Candelabra Garniture Set
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An Assembled Very Fine French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze and White Marble Figural Mantel Clock and Candelabra Garniture Set. The finely chased ormolu clock body, with it...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Antique French Louis Revival Dining Table and 6 Empire Chairs 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful dining set comprising an antique French Louis Revival dining table, Circa 1920 in date, and a beautiful set of six Gondola Dining Chairs C1950.
This antique Fre...
Category
20th Century French Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French Antique Ormolu and Limoges Enamel Jewellery Box
By Limoges
Located in Newark, England
LIMOGES ENAMEL PANELS
From our Decorative collection, we are delighted to offer this French Napoleon III Ormolu and Enamel Jewellery Box. The Jewellery...
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
Exceptional French Ormolu-Mounted Turquoise Jeweled Sevres Porcelain Clock Set
Located in Long Island City, NY
An exceptional French bronze ormolu mounted turquoise jeweled Sèvres Porcelain clock set by Raingo Fres, Paris, circa 1880.
Comprising of a clock in vase form and a pair of five-l...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$19,500 Sale Price
35% Off
Antique Pair Celeste Blue French Sèvres Porcelain Ormolu Urns Vases Centerpiece
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning Pair of French Sevres Soft Paste Enameled Porcelain and Ormolu Twin Handle Table or Mantle Urns of traditional urn form and of outstanding quality, and medium size proportio...
Category
19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
A Magnificent French Ormolu-Mounted Green Painted Chinoiserie Commode
Located in Queens, NY
A Magnificent French Ormolu-Mounted Green Painted Chinoiserie Commode with Original Marble Top
An exceptional French ormolu-mounted commode, richly decorated in vibrant green polych...
Category
20th Century French Chinoiserie Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Vintage Ormolu Mounted Terrestrial Library Globe on Stand 20th Century
Located in London, GB
A fine vintage ormolu mounted terrestrial library globe, dating from the second half of the 20th Century.
The globe is raised on a highly decorative walnut tripod stand which is fit...
Category
Late 20th Century English Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
Hermès Paris Ormolu and Carnelian Enamel Pill / Trinket Box, 1960s-1980s
By Hermès
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Hermès Paris Ormolu and Carnelian Enamel Pill/Trinket Box, Made in France, circa 1960s–1980s
A chic and finely crafted round Hermès Paris box in ormolu with a striking carnelian-red...
Category
20th Century French Modern Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
Antique Pair Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Ormolu Table Lamps Blue Green Gilt
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Exceptionally Fine Pair of Cantonese Hand Decorated Porcelain Oil Lamps with ornate Ormolu bases now converted to Electric Table Lamps, of medium proportions, (see last image in s...
Category
19th Century Chinese Late Victorian Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
A French Empire Ormolu Bronze Mantle Clock after Percier et Fontaine
Located in Long Island City, NY
A French Empire Ormolu Bronze Mantle Clock after Percier et Fontaine, 19th Century.
In the hallowed halls of horological history, this Empire gilt-bronze ormolu mantle clock, a subl...
Category
19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique French Louis XV Ormolu Rosewood Marquetry Partner's Writing Table Desk
Located in Portland, OR
A very fine quality antique French rosewood & kingwood marquety inlaid & ormolu mounted partner's writing table or Bureau Plat, in the manner of Jacques Dubois, circa 1860.
This very...
Category
1860s French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Famille Rose Medalion Canton Cantonese Chinese Porcelain Ormolu Vase Urn
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning and very large Chinese Canton famille verte ormolu mounted porcelain vase of museum quality, from the city of Canton, is decorated in the so-called Famille Verte manner, mid...
Category
19th Century Chinese Early Victorian Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of Louis XVI gilt bronze - ormolu candlesticks - 19th century - 11" 3/4
Located in GRENOBLE, FR
Antique French pair of candlesticks, beautiful finely chiseled ormolu (solid bronze gilt with fine gold) Louis XVI style pattern. Our model is richly ornamented with pearls, gadroons...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$3,320 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Exceptional C19th French Boulle Mantle Clock
Located in London, GB
A very Important French Ormolu Mounted Boulle Mantel Clock
Inlaid Brass in The Regency Style
Each Corner Decorated with Recumbent Horses
Nice Large Dial 8 and a half inches surround...
Category
19th Century French Regency Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
$29,315 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique French Louis XV Marble Top Ormolu Bombe Shape Inlaid Tulip-wood Commode
Located in Portland, OR
A fine quality antique French Louis XV style marble top & ormolu mounted tulipwood & kingwood bombe shape commode chest, circa 1900.
The serpentine shaped top having the original var...
Category
Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Pair 19th Century Ebonized Empire Style Black Hair Hide Armchairs
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of 19th Century ebonized mahogany Empire style fauteuil with winged caryatids, newly upholstered in a deep espresso hairhide.
Category
Late 19th Century European Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Large Vernis Martin Bombe' Display Cabinet 19th Century
Located in London, GB
A stunning large antique French wood Vernis Martin five panel display cabinet in the Louis XV manner and of extravagantly shaped Bombe form, circa 1870 in date, with exquisite hand painted decoration and exquisite ormolu mounts.
It has five decorative Vernis Martin panels with beautiful hand painted decoration, the central panel depicting a courting couple and the others with classical figures in pastoral country scenes. The central panel bears the artists signature, Le Brun.
The large central clear serpentine glazed door opening to a large capacious cupboard below, flanked by clear glazed serpentine panels, with further shaped glass on the sides.
It is smothered in gorgeous gilded ormolu mounts, the shaped apron with foliate mounts and sabots, standing on cabriole legs. The mirror backed interior is fitted with glass shelves, the lower shelf lined with golden velvet, to display your collection of china or silver beautifully.
This magnificent piece is in excellent condition and the quality and attention to detail throughout is second to none.
Add a touch of unparalleled style to your home.
Condition:
In really excellent original condition having only been beautifully cleaned, polished and waxed in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation.
Dimensions in cm:
height 193 x width 115 x depth 50
Dimensions in inches:
height 6 foot, 4 inches x width 3 foot, 9 inches x depth 1 foot, 8 inches
Vernis Martin
is a lustrous lacquer substitute widely used in the 18th century to decorate furniture and such personal articles as brisé fans...
Category
1870s French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Pair French Ormolu Gilt Bronze Sevres Porcelain Candelabras Candlesticks
Located in Dublin, Ireland
A Fine Stylish and Imposing Pair of French Three Light Table or Mantle Sevres Porcelain Ormolu Mounted Candelabra of outstanding quality. Mid to late Nineteenth Century.
Each with ...
Category
19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Vintage Boxed Cartier Crystal Ice Bucket Sterling Silver-Gilt Tongs 20th Century
By Cartier
Located in London, GB
An elegant vintage Cartier ice bucket, presented in its original fitted box, complete with sterling silver-gilt ice tongs. This piece was retailed as part ...
Category
20th Century French Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver, Ormolu
Antique French Ormolu Mounted Blue Opaline Egg Form Covered Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Antique French Ormolu Mounted Green Opaline Egg Form Covered Box. The egg form opaline box rests in a gilt bronze nest of grapes and leaves. The box opens to reveal a small compartment.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Bacarrat Ormolu with Glass Tantalus Cave a Liqueur 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is an exquisite antique French Napoleon III Bacarrat ormolu and glass Cave a Liqueur, or tantalus, circa 1860 in date.
The Cave a Liqueur features an ormolu case with glass panels and an 'up and over' lid enclosing a gilt bronze frame containing sixteen small glasses and four decanters with stoppers, on all on finely cast paw feet. One decanter with a Bacarrat label to the underside
The glasses and decanters are beautifully engraved with geometric decoration.
As seen in the upcoming Ridley Scott historical film Napoleon.
It is an absolutely superb set which is sure to attract a lot of attention.
Condition:
In really excellent condition with no damage, please see photos for confirmation.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 29 x width 37 x depth 30
Dimensions in inches:
Height 11 inches x width 1 foot, 3 inches x depth 1 foot
Baccarat
In 1764 King Louis XV of France gave permission to found a glassworks in the town of Baccarat in the Lorraine region in eastern France to Prince Bishop Cardinal Louis-Joseph de Laval...
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1860s French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Gilt-Bronze Lacquer Low Table
Located in Huntington, NY
Two 19th Century, Brown/Red “tinta Negra” gilt decorated lacquer panels mounted on a gilt-bronze frame.
Frame tightened panels touched up & waxed
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$3,920 Sale Price
39% Off
Pair 19th Century Italian Empire Consoles
Located in Houston, TX
A stately pair of 19th Century Italian Empire white marble top mahogany consoles supported by ebonized caryatid columns.
Category
19th Century Italian Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Antique French Louis XVI Style Leather Top Desk or Bureau Plat
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive antique French desk crafted in mahogany and tulipwood, featuring a top with three tooled leather panels banded in brass on a case with two pullout leather top trays and tw...
Category
20th Century French Louis XVI Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
Antique Georgian Long Case Grandfather Clock Higgs & Evans London Spanish Market
By Robert and Peter Higgs of London
Located in Portland, OR
A fabulous investment quality antique George III Flame mahogany & gilt bronze eight day movement tall case grandfather clock, by Robert & Peter Higgs & David Evans, made for the Span...
Category
1770s English George III Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
Antique French Marble Top Console Table
Located in London, GB
An absolutely stunning and very impressive antique French marble top console table, dating from around the 1930’s.
This is of superb quality, it is a great size and has lots of beau...
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1930s French Louis XIV Vintage Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Set or Pair of Marble and Ormolu Mounted Garniture Urns or Vases
Located in Nashville, TN
A set of satin polished garnitures with ormolu or gilt bronze mounts , The exceptional crispness of well chased realistic mounts in form of floral garlands or festoons joined at eac...
Category
1830s French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Antique Austrian Biedermeier Mahogany Secretary Desk Tabernacle Cabinet 1820
Located in Portland, OR
A fine, elegant, antique Austrian mahogany Biedermeier secretary desk cabinet, circa 1820.
The cabinet in two sections, the top with a curved architectural pediment, below is a curved door tabernacle cupboard, flanked by a pair of columns with gilt bronze bases and capitals. The base with a series of four graduated drawers with shield shaped lock-plate escutcheons inlaid with bone, to the center is a fall front writing surface enclosing a fitted interior with a series of drawers, pigeon holes and a central locking door, the doors and drawers are inlaid with satinwood stringing. All the locks are fully operational and keys are present.
The cabinet is raised upon a plinth base, the secretary cabinet is made from the finest figured Cuban mahogany, condition is very good, no condition issues or restoration. This very elegant Biedermeier secretary cabinet...
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1820s Austrian Biedermeier Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Four Italian Dining Chairs Empire Style Red Gold Upholstery 20th Century
Located in Milano, MI
A set of four solid walnut chairs in the fabulous Empire style with ormolu decorations, made in Italy in the 20th century, in good condition.
The walnut frame is beautiful in color ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Empire Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$1,897 Sale Price / set
50% Off
Antique French Sèvres Style Porcelain Ormolu Gilt Bronze Dore Vase Centerpiece
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning imposing Pair of French Sevres Style Soft Paste Porcelain and Ormolu Twin Handle Electric Table Lamps of traditional bulbous form, and of good size proportions, raised on a ...
Category
19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Vintage Italian Sorrento Marquetry Drinks Tray Mid 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a lovely vintage Italian Sorrento walnut and ormolu drinks tray.
The shaped tray is very decorative, with profuse floral marquetry decoration with a central bouquet of flowe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Gilt Bronze Renaissance Revival Table Lamp, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a truly superb large French antique Renaissance Revival ormolu table lamp, circa 1870 in date.
It is relief cast with grapevines, cherubs and acanthus leaves, the serpentine handle rising to a seated winged amorini and descending to a mask at the figural relief cast body with waisted stem and terminating in a circular base.
This gilt bronze 19th century ewer...
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1870s French Renaissance Revival Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Jewelry Box French
Located in New York, NY
An antique French brass ormolu and velvet jewelry box, Rococo design style, circa late-19th century, France. Box is perforated brass ormolu (ormolu has a design of urns, leaves and f...
Category
Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
$1,650
19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu Bronze Clock with Sèvres Porcelain
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A fine quality Louis XVI style bronze ormolu mantel clock. The case is made of gilt brass and bronze ormolu casted ornaments, Roman numerals in white enameled cartouches. On top of t...
Category
1880s French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Pair French Bleu Celeste Sevres Urns 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique pair of French Sevres style porcelain and ormolu mounted twin handled urns, in the Louis XV manner, Circa 1870 in date.
The bleu celeste...
Category
1870s French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Louis XVI Style Bronze Ormolu Mantel Clock Garniture
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A very fine Louis XVI style figural mantel clock with matching flanking candelabra. The clock is bronze casted and has an ormolu f...
Category
1880s French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of Monumental Large Japanese French Imari Porcelain Ormolu Candelabra
Located in London, GB
Pair of Monumental Large Japanese French Imari Porcelain Ormolu Candelabra
Porcelain: Japanese, 18th Century
Ormolu: French, Mid-19th Century
Height 260cm, diameter 86cm
This exce...
Category
Late 18th Century Japanese Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Early 19th Century French Mantel Clock, signed Ferey au Havre, Ormolu
Located in Greven, DE
Small mantel clock with bas-relief
France
Bronze, enamel
early 19th century
Dimensions: H x W x D: 33 x 19 x 9 cm
Description:
Antique, fire-gilt portal clock with figurative, Gre...
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
Pair of Fine French Louis XV Side Tables After Francois Linke
Located in Forney, TX
A pair of magnificent fine quality vintage French Louis XV style gilt bronze ormolu mounted mahogany side tables after celebrated master Parisian ébéniste Francois Linke (b.1855-1946...
Category
Late 20th Century Louis XV Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Gilt Bronze Jewellery Casket & Miniature c.1870
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique gilded ormolu serpentine shaped jewellery casket, Circa 1870 in date.
The top, front, sides and back are beautifully cast and tooled in gilt bronze. The ...
Category
1870s Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
A Magnificent Pair of French Louis XVI Style Ormolu Vases
Located in Queens, NY
A Magnificent Pair of French Louis XVI Style Ormolu Vases
A superb pair of French Louis XVI style ormolu vases, exquisitely cast and richly decorated in the Neoclassical taste. Each...
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Marquetry Bureau Plat
Located in Forney, TX
French Perfection! A most impressive and very fine quality vintage Louis XV style ormolu mounted marquetry inlaid bureau plat.
Exquisitely hand-crafted in the manner of important...
Category
20th Century Louis XV Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French Champlevé Enamel & Ormolu Letter Rack, Late 19th Century
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French Champlevé Enamel & Ormolu Letter Rack, Late 19th Century
A richly ornamented French champlevé enamel and gilt bronze letter rack, dating to the late 19th century. This jewel-...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century empire revival mahogany pier mirror
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century empire revival mahogany pier mirror circa 1870.
Excellent quality pier mirror using the finest mahogany. Architectural cornice top with cresent shape which showcases t...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Ebonised Boulle Ormolu Desk Cabinet Bonheur du Jour Kunst Mobel Denmark
Located in Portland, OR
A very fine antique Napoleon III French style ebonzied Boulle & ormolu Bonheur du Jour by Nordisk Kunst & Mobel-Etablissement, Copenhagen Denmark, 1903. In remarkable condition.
Thi...
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Early 1900s Danish Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
Late 18th Century Louis XVI Period Bronze Ormolu Mantel Clock with Candelabras
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A finely bronze fire-gilded ormolu mantel clock set with matching candelabras. Rich ornate with typical Louis XVI mounts, floral garlands, scr...
Category
1770s French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze, Ormolu, Enamel
Early 20th Century French Louis XIV Style Twelve Branch Ormolu Chandelier
Located in Germantown, MD
Early 20th Century French Louis XIV Style Twelve Branch Heavy cast Brass and Ormolu Chandelier. Great vintage condition. This heavy cast brass Jewel will not rust.
Measures 28" in d...
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Early 20th Century American Louis XIV Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
Antique Ormolu Clocks, Lamps and Other Furniture and Decorative Objects for Sale
Antique ormolu furniture and decorative objects can be incorporated into a variety of spaces, and while demand for the material and/or technique was at its peak in Europe during the 18th and 19th centuries, ormolu is still widely loved by designers and collectors today.
What is ormolu?
Ormolu is a brilliant form of decorative trickery. To the untrained eye, ormolu clocks, jewelry boxes and other ormolu furniture and decor look like they're made of solid gold. But those in the know recognize ormolu — or elaborate bronze gilding — as having been essential to French design in the 18th and 19th centuries as a cornerstone of the neoclassical and Empire styles.
“Most commonly, ormolu refers to a bronze object that has been covered with gold, typically 18 karat or 24 karat,” explains Jamie Sinai, director of the antiques specialist Mayfair Gallery, in London. “For that reason, ormolu is sometimes called gilt bronze or, in French, bronze doré. Strictly speaking, however, the term ormolu also denotes the technique of applying gold to a metal.”
“The word comes from the French or moulu, which translates as ‘ground or powdered gold’ — the form the gold takes before it is applied to a metal surface.”
From the court of King Louis XVI to that of Napoleon I, the French elite snapped up furniture mounted with ormolu, as well as sconces, candelabra and table lamps made from the material. “As the French reputation for supreme art, architecture and furniture developed, the craze for ormolu spread across Europe,” adds Sinai.
Today, antiques collectors and interior designers continue to prize ormolu for its extraordinary craftsmanship and history-infused glamour.
“This wondrous material was highly sought after in France as the ultimate luxury. It magically resembled solid gold and sparkled under candlelight,” says Sinai.
Find antique ormolu furniture and decorative objects on 1stDibs.
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