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Material: Ormolu
Vintage French Ormolu Mounted Marquetry Bureau Plat Desk 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous vintage French Louis Revival walnut, ormolu mounted, marquetry bureau plat, dating from the second half of the 20th Century.
The shaped rectangular top has a deco...
Category
Late 20th Century French Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Grand Tour Souvenir Casket, Beveled Glass & Eglomise of Opera
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Antique French Églomisé Casket - Souvenir from France, circa 1900
A charming French antique casket from circa 1900 with gilt brass fittings and clear glass panels. The hinged lid fe...
Category
Early 1900s French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Antique Ormolu Jewelry Box French Casket Bevelled Glass Paris Village Suisse
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Antique French Églomisé Casket - Souvenir from France, circa 1900
A charming French antique casket from circa 1900 with gilt brass fittings and clear glass panels. The hinged lid fe...
Category
Early 1900s French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Faux Malachite Empire style Centre Table
Located in London, GB
Stunning French Empire Style Center Table
Faux Malachite
Stunning Center Table
Category
20th Century French Empire Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$9,284 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Ormolu Jewelry Box Souvenir Casket Bevelled Glass Grand Tour France 1900
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Antique French Églomisé Casket - Souvenir from Verdun, France, circa 1900
A charming French antique casket from circa 1900 with gilt brass fittings and clear glass panels. The hinge...
Category
Early 1900s French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Antique French Empire Mahogany Marble Top Ormolu Commode Chest of Drawers 1810
Located in Portland, OR
A fine quality early 19th century antique French Empire mahogany marble top commode, with Neo-Classical ormolu mounts, circa 1810.
The commode is of the finest quality, the top is ma...
Category
1810s French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, 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 French Empire Mahogany Ormolu Bookcase Bibliotheque Display cabinet 1810
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique French Empire Mahogany & ormolu mounted bookcase display cabinet, circa 1910.
This elegant antique cabinet is made of the finest mahogany, the top with an archite...
Category
1810s French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Vintage Italian Sorrento Marquetry Drinks Trolley Mid 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a very entertaining vintage two tier Italian Sorrento drinks trolley, mid century in date,
The oval top with flaps featuring marquetry decoration of a crane, flowers, butter...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Vernis Martin Display Cabinet Vetrine Circa 1880 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning antique French louis XV Revival Vernis Martin display cabinet, circa 1880 in date.
The cabinet features a shaped top with impressive ornate ormolu mounts and the...
Category
1880s Revival Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Ormolu and Glass Souvenir Trinket Jewelry Box, Lyon France, circa 1900s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Antique French Églomisé Casket - Souvenir from Lyon, circa 1900
A charming French antique casket from circa 1900 with gilt brass fittings and clear glass panels. The hinged lid feat...
Category
Early 1900s French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Early 20th Century Holy Water Font - France - Onyx, Bronze and Crystal
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Elegant French holy water font dating from circa 1900–1910, crafted from richly veined onyx, adorned with an ormolu gilt bronze relief depicting the Virgin Mary with Child, and fitte...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Onyx, Brass, Bronze, 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
18th Century Baroque Period Italian German Guild Chest Cabinet Jewelry Casket
By Ferdinando Pogliani
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and most impressive 18th century European parcel ebonized rosewood hardstone bronze pewter bone ivory marquetry tabletop cabinet casket.
Of exceptionally fine quality, lavish...
Category
Early 18th Century Baroque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Metal, Brass, Bronze, Ormolu, Pewter
19th Century Ebonized Italian Empire Style Side Chair
Located in Houston, TX
Ebonized Italian Empire style side chair featuring brass ormolu, claw feet, and a lattice-work back. This piece has a newly upholstered feather down seat cushion. 20" Seat height inc...
Category
19th Century Italian Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, 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
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
$29,490 Sale Price
20% Off
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
Fine French Ormolu Crown Frame with Tinted Photograph, circa 1890–1910
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Fine French Ormolu Crown Frame with Tinted Photograph, circa 1890–1910
A richly detailed French ormolu (gilt bronze) portrait frame, surmounted by a regal crown finial and finely de...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Mid 19th Century Candlestick - Swans - Ormolu Gilt Bronze
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Refined French ormolu bronze candlestick, mid 19th century, finely detailed and beautifully cast. The base is formed by three sculpted swans, their long necks rising gracefully to su...
Category
1860s French Directoire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Vintage Flame Mahogany Regency Revival Dining Table Mid 20th Century
Located in London, GB
A beautiful Regency Revival flame mahogany dining table dating from the mid 20th century.
The table is of fabulous quality, in excellent condition, can comfortably seat ten and is h...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Regency Revival Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Floral Marquetry Marble Topped Side Cabinet Circa 1900
Located in London, GB
This is a superb and imposing antique French ormolu mounted, marquetry, burr walnut and king wood side cabinet, Circa 1900 in date.
With a shaped marble top over a pair of frieze dr...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
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 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 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
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
Antique French Louis XVI Revival Mahogany Fire-screen Circa 1870
Located in London, GB
An elegant antique French Louis XVI ormolu mounted mahogany fire-screen, circa 1870 in date.
This fine mahogany screen has a shaped arched pediment centred by a gilt bronze cartouch...
Category
1870s Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
19th-Century Ormolu & Paste Gem ‘Corona’ – Ecclesiastical Statue Crown
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th-Century Ormolu & Paste Gem ‘Corona’ – Ecclesiastical Statue Crown with Acanthus Finial
An exquisite late 19th-century Continental ormolu corona (ecclesiastical statue crown), r...
Category
19th Century European Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Stunning quality antique Victorian ormolu mantle clock
Located in Ipswich, GB
Stunning quality antique Victorian ormolu mantle clock having a quality Victorian ormolu mantle clock, the clock case having elaborate scrollwork, floral patterns and decorative moti...
Category
19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$1,304 Sale Price
20% Off
Marseille Antique French Grand Tour Souvenir Casket, Beveled Glass & Eglomise
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Antique French Églomisé Casket - Souvenir from France, circa 1900
A charming French antique casket from circa 1900 with gilt brass fittings and clear glass panels. The hinged lid fe...
Category
Early 1900s French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, 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
$12,000 Sale Price
20% Off
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...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Enamel, 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
19th Century Scottish Gilt Metal Banded Agate Vesta Case Match Box
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This exceptional 19th century Scottish vesta case is crafted from finely polished banded agate, admired for its striking natural striations in shades of brown, grey, white, and smoky...
Category
1880s Scottish Victorian Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Agate, Metal, Bronze, Ormolu
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
Martin Benito Crystal Vodka Server, Benito Crystal & Ormolu Liquor Server
By Cristal Benito, Martin CF Benito
Located in Miami, FL
Martin Crystal Vodka Server,
Monumental Caviar Bowl Crystal and Ormolu or Bronze Dore Dolphin Centerpiece
by Cristal Benito,
Monumental Cristal Benito Fabergé Style Server with Vodk...
Category
20th Century French Belle Époque Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Bronze, Ormolu
19th C. French Gilt Bronze Ormolu Bow & Garland Appliqué Tabletop Fragment Swag
Located in Pearland, TX
A gorgeous antique 19th-Century French gilt bronze ormolu bow and garland appliqué tabletop fragment or swag with an easel back. This stunning piece is finely cast and heavy with a l...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Louis XVI Style Walnut Armoire w/ Brass Ormolu, Inlay and Parquetry
Located in Pasadena, TX
This armoire is made in the Louis XVI style.
Its made of walnut. Its has finely done Urns and botanicals inlaid on the front doors. The side doors are done in a parquetry and have he...
Category
1920s French Louis XVI Vintage Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, 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
French Louis XVI Style Marble Top Bronze Mounted Commode By Maison Forest
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions - H: 33 3/4 in W: 57 1/4 in D: 21 in
An extraordinary French Louis XVI style bronze-mounted commode by the renowned Parisian maker Maison Forest, one of the most respect...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Pair Silver Plate Jasperware twin branch wall lights sconces 19thCentury
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning Antique pair of ormolu and porcelain two branch wall lights, Circa 1900 in date,
Of elegant classical form with a ribbon crest upturned reeded arms with acanthus ...
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Early 1900s Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Silver, Ormolu
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
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
Antique Set of 4 French Rococo Style Ormolu Wall Lights 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning set of four antique French Rococo ormolu gilt bronze two branch wall sconces, Circa 1870 in date.
The backplates feature scrolling branches with floral decoration...
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Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
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
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...
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1880s French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, 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...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
French Ormolu-Mounted Kingwood and Parquetry Vanity Dressing Table
Located in Doylestown, PA
French Louis XV style ormolu-mounted kingwood and satinwood parquetry dressing table or coiffeuse, late 19th century.
Incredibly luxurious petite dressing table...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Louis XV Style Bronze Mounted Leather Top Desk Signed Billen
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions - H: 29 1/4 in W: 39 3/4 in D: 23 1/2 in
An outstanding Antique French Louis XV style bronze-mounted leather top desk, dating to the turn of the 20th century and signed ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, 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 French Louis Revival Ormolu Mounted dining table desk 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique French Louis Revival ormolu mounted dining table / desk, circa 1920 in date and in 18th Century style.
The elegantly crafted oval walnut top features exq...
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20th Century French Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Fine JP Ehalt Signed French Louis XVI Style Rosewood Marquetry Dining Table
By J.P. Ehalt
Located in Forney, TX
A stunning, fine quality vintage French gilt bronze ormolu mounted marquetry inlaid rosewood extension dining table by J.P. Ehalt.
Exquisitely handcrafted using only the finest materials and highest level of craftsmanship, the mid-century antique reproduction lavishly finished in Neoclassical Louis XVI taste, having an extensively inlaid oval shaped top, richly decorated marquetry at the center features intricate floral motif, wonderfully designed and exceptionally executed built-in hide-a-way extension leaves that rest under the table in the manner of Maison Jansen, sliding out to extend the length of the table from 72 to 107 inches. The frieze luxuriously decorated with gilt bronze mounted running ornamentation with beaded trim, accented by stylized foliate gilded bronze embellishments, above fluted tapered legs. Signed J.P. Ehalt (Jean-Pierre Ehalt)
Circa 1960s; France
JP Ehalt...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique French Louis XVI Style Leather Top Desk or Bureau Plat
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Standout antique Louis XVI style desk crafted in walnut and mahogany featuring a banded leather top on a case with two drawers decorated with gilt brass ormolu and inlaid floral desi...
Category
20th Century French Louis XVI Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, 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
Fine French Transition Louis XV XVI Style Chest Sideboard
Located in Forney, TX
A stunning, rare, and very fine quality French Transitional Louis XV - Louis XVI style mahogany inlaid marble-top chest after Jean-François Oeben / Jean-Henri Riesener.
Exquisitely hand-crafted in France, born in the late 19th / early 20th century, exceptionally executed Parisian work, retaining the original shaped marble top with contoured molded edge, over conforming solid mahogany case extensively inlaid with rich floral decoration and geometric trompe l'oeil marquetry-work. Embellished with finely sculpted and chisled gilt bronze ormolu mounts, the case fitted with three high quality locking bar mounted cabinet doors, each adorned with matched ornate escutcheon and opening thanks to the original keys, revealing a mahogany finished interior with single shelf. Featuring rare and exotic woods inlaid, all rising on bronze mounted transitional cabriole legs, ending in the finest quality patinated bronze sabots.
Its three doors do not interfere with its delicate marquetry with decorations of geometric cubes and beautiful flowers on gilt gold ground, its two flat uprights with cut sides inviting finesse and harmony, while its bronzes, with antique motifs indicate the return to refined classic taste.
A fine example of the Transition style, this chest subtly combines Louis XV marquetry with shapes that are already more rectilinear. From the middle of the 18th century, certain French artists, at the head of which the architects Blondel and Contant d'Ivry as well as the painter Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain, rose up against the excesses of the rococo style and advocated a calming of lines by the use of classical or even ancient principles. If the "Greek" style was too categorical a response to these requests, the Transition style, soon launched by the Marquis de Marigny, brother of Madame de Pompadour and Minister of the Arts, was much more measured and appreciated. Dutch cabinetmaker Matthijs Horrix was also front and center, a leader a Transition style.
Celebrated ebanista Jean-François Oeben was one of the leaders of this new taste, with Jean-Henri Riesener following in the 19th century. Oeben a genius with inlay, he gave birth to several patterns, both sober and elegant, such as the marquetry of bottomless cubes, which was adopted by many of his colleagues including Jacques Dautriche and Charles Chevallier.
Jean-François Oeben was particularly known for his "Louis XV or Transition furniture, adorned with leaf veneers, flower inlays or geometric patterns", according to Pierre Kjellberg (Le Mobilier français du XVIIIe, éditions de l'Amateur, 1989). A small secretary in the Transition cabinet...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Victoran Coromandel Three Crystal Decanter Tantalus & Games 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a superb antique Victorian coromandel, ormolu mounted and cased three decanter tantalus and games compendium, circa 1870 in date.
It was skilfully crafted in rare coromandel with a satinwood interior and ormolu mounts. The three cut crystal glass decanters with stoppers, a mirrored back and compartmens containing four cut glass drinking glasses...
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1870s Victorian Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, 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...
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20th Century French Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
An Extremely Rare Ships Wheel Pendulum Four Glass Clock
By Samuel Marti
Located in Amersham, GB
This Fine french four glass mantel clock has a beautifully gilded case with thick bevelled glass panels and doors. the eight day movement with visible jewelled Brocot escapement is m...
Category
1870s French Victorian Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, Enamel, Steel, Ormolu
Vintage Ornate Cut Glass & Ormolu Centrepiece Dish 20th Century
Located in London, GB
A beautiful vintage cut glass and ormolu dish that would make a stunning centrepiece, late 20th Century in date.
The craftsmanship is second to none throughout all aspects of this ...
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1990s English Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Vernis Martin Vitrine Display Cabinet 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning antique French louis XV Revival Vernis Martin display cabinet, circa 1880 in date.
The cabinet feature a shaped top with impressive ornate ormolu mounts, the body is serpentine shaped with a glazed ormolu mounted door that features a fantastic Vernis Martin hand painted panel of a courting couple, with the two side panels depicting country scenes.
The interior is lined with the rich original pink fabric which beautifully complements the cabinet.
Complete with original working lock and key.
It is very rare to find such an exquisite cabinet and it is sure to attract a lot of attention from your guests.
Condition:
In really excellent condition having been beautifully cleaned, polished and waxed in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 170 x Width 85 x Depth 43
Dimensions in inches:
Height 5 foot, 7 inches x Width 2 foot, 9 inches x Depth 1 foot, 5 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
1880s French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
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.
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