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Material: Ormolu
19th Century Pair of Siena Marble Urn Lamps Circa 1900
Located in Richmond, London
A superbly decorative pair of Louis XVI style table lamps, made of Siena marble urns, richly adorned with ornate gilt bronze (ormolu) mounts.
French, late 19th – early 20th century. ...
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Late 19th Century French Adam Style Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Antique French Doré Bronze Neoclassical Ormolu Gilt Electric Table Lamp
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Fine and Imposing French Heavy Gauge Neoclassical Ormolu Vase now converted to a single Electric Table Lamp of tall proportions and of outstanding quality, third quarter of the Ninet...
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19th Century French Early Victorian Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique French Ormalu & Rouge Marble Lamp
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Unique French Ormolu Lamp purchased in France. See detailed photos.
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Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Marble, Ormolu
Antique Pair of French Doré Bronze Neoclassical Ormolu Gilt Candlesticks Lamps
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Exceptionally Fine Pair French Ormolu and patinated Bronze early Victorian Single Light Candlesticks of tall slender form and fairly standard proportions, now converted to a Stunn...
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19th Century French Early Victorian Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Bronze, Ormolu
Rare Pair 19 C. French Ormolu Mounted Theodore Deck Faience Porcelain Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A Rare Pair of 19th Century French Ormolu Mounted Signed Theodore Deck Faience Porcelain Vases Mounted to Lamps. The porcelain bodies have a flattened, circular form with a slightly ...
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1870s French Chinoiserie Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
20th Century (early) French Bouillotte Ormolu Lamps
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Unique piece purchased in France.
Gorgeous lamp, see detailed photos.
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Early 20th Century French Empire Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Crystal and Ormolu lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most delightful and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Crystal and Ormolu lamp. This elegant lamp is raised by a square Ormolu base below a finely chased circular socle...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Crystal, Ormolu
pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Rosso Levanto marble lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A magnificent and most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Rosso Levanto marble lamps. Each charming lamp rest atop a circular Rosso Levanto marble base wit...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Antique Sevres Porcelain Royal Blue Ormolu Table Lamp 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning large antique French Sevres style "Bleu Royale" porcelain and ormolu mounted vase circa 1870 in date, later converted into a lamp.
In Louis XVI style, of baluster form with wolf...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. Ormolu and Griotte marble lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. Ormolu and Rouge Griotte marble lamps. Each stunning urn mounted into a lamp is raised on a square Rouge Griotte marble base wi...
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19th Century French Renaissance Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French late 19th century Napoleon III Period Marble and Ormolu lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and most unique French late 19th century Napoleon III Period Louis XVI st. Jaune de Valence, Vert de Patricia marble and Ormolu lamp. This stunning lamp is raised on a cir...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Marble, Ormolu
Antique Pair English Staffordshire Porcelain Table Lamps Ridgway or Rockingham
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptionally fine pair of English Staffordshire Porcelain mantle vases now converted to electric table lamps of medium proportions, Circa 1860.
Of traditional bulbous outline ...
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19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Oxblood Porcelain and Ormolu lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and unique French 19th century Louis XVI st. Oxblood Porcelain and Ormolu lamp. This wonderful lamp is raised on an octagonal Ormolu base with concave corners and finely c...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Bronze lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and patinated Bronze candelabra lamps, in the manner of Clodion. Each most exceptional electrified can...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of Meissen Figures Mounted as Rococo Ormolu Candelabras
By J.J. Kändler
Located in New York, NY
A pair of original Meissen figures circa 1765 modeled by J.J. Kändler. Depicting a young couple holding baskets with bright pastel glazes. Later mounted on cast in rococo style Frenc...
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19th Century French Rococo Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Large 19th century French empire bronze ormolu table lamp
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Tall 19th century French empire bronze ormolu lamp, circa 1860.
Here we have a lamp of the finest quality, previously would have been a gas lamp but converted to electricity in the ...
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Mid-19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
A 19th Century Chinese Style Samson Porcelain Ginger Jar Lamp
By Edmé Samson
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A 19th Century Chinese Style Samson Porcelain vase and cover, ormolu-mounted in lamp
Polychromed design of birds, foliages and branches in cartouches, the ginger jar on a yel-low and...
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1880s French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Pair Antique Grand Tour French Empire Pate-sur-Pate Jasperware Ormolu Urns Lamps
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Exceptionally Stylish Pair of Grand Tour French Pate-sur-Pate Jasperware and Ormolu mounted French Urns of Museum quality and of French origin, now converted to a Pair of Electric...
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Late 19th Century French Grand Tour Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
A pair of Napoleon III bronze and ormolu table lamps
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A pair of Napoleon III bronze and ormolu table lamps, each in the form of a bronze putto holding the base of a single light fitting, left and right handed, set on an ormolu cylindric...
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Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Bronze, Ormolu
pair of French 19th century Charles X st. Ormolu candlestick lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and most charming pair of French 19th century Charles X st. Ormolu candlestick lamps. Each wonderful electrified candlestick is raised by a circular base with fanciful dec...
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19th Century French Charles X Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Antique French Sevres Hand Painted Porcelain & Gilt Ormolu Lamp C1880
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique French Sevres Hand Painted Porcelain & Gilt Ormolu Lamp with Courtiing & Landscape Scenes C1880
Measures - 35 1/2" x 20" x 20"
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Late 19th Century North American Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
French mid 19th century Louis XIV st. Ormolu lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A high quality and large scale French mid 19th century Louis XIV st. Ormolu lamp. This wonderful candlestick mounted into a lamp is raised by a hexagonal shaped base with a mottled e...
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19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
pair of French 19th century Empire st. Patinated Bronze and Ormolu lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and high quality pair of French 19th century Empire st. Patinated Bronze and Ormolu candelabra lamps. Each three arm candelabra mounted into a lamp is raised on a square O...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Monumental Single Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Patinated Seven-Light Candelabra
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Monumental Single Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Patinated Seven-Light Candelabra, Paris, Circa 1880
A large scale single Louis XVI style ormolu and patinated seven-light candelabra, ...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and most decorative pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu lamps. Each small scale candlestick lamp is raised on a square plinth accented with a foliate band. An...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Sévres Porcelain and Ormolu lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Sévres Porcelain and Ormolu lamps. Each stunning vases mounted into a lamp is raised by a circular Ormolu suppo...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Crystal lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Crystal lamps. Each cut Crystal lamp is raised by an elegant square Ormolu base with concav...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Crystal, Ormolu
Pair of early 20thC French Style Crystal Drop Lustres
Located in Altrincham, GB
Pair of early 20thC French Style Crystal Drop Lustres on ormolu frames and base with acorn finials to the top - all lights and lamps have been rewired with authentic corded flex, fi...
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Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Crystal, Ormolu
Early 19th Century Tall Gothic Ormolu Table Lamp
Located in Richmond, London
Extremely rare early 19th Century Gothic Gilt Bronze Table Lamp in the manner of English architect, designer and artist Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin. England, circa 1840. Exception...
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Early 19th Century English Gothic Revival Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
pair of French 19th century Neo-Classical st. Ormolu and Crystal lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An attractive and most decorative pair of French 19th century Neo-Classical st. Ormolu and Crystal lamps. Each lovely lamp is raised on a squared Ormolu base with a Coeur-de-Rai desi...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Crystal, Ormolu
pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu candelabras. Each high quality six arm candelabra is supported by a circular pierced foliate decorated bas...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Breche Violette marble lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A lovely and most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Breche Violette marble lamp. This attention grabbing lamp is raised by a square Ormolu base with cut corners an...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Antique Famille Rose Medallion Canton Cantonese Ormolu Chinese Table Lamps Pair
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Exceptionally Fine Pair of Chinese Cantonese Hand Decorated Porcelain Mantle Vases with ornate Ormolu bases now converted to Electric Table Lamps, of compact size proportions, (se...
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19th Century Chinese Early Victorian Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
pair of 19th century Renaissance st. Patinated Bronze and Ormolu lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and highly quality pair of Continental 19th century Renaissance st. Patinated Bronze and Ormolu lamps. Each wonderfully detailed lamp is atop a mottled edged triangular ba...
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19th Century Unknown Renaissance Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique French Bronze Ormolu Ewer Vase Electric Lamp Maner Claude Michel Clodion
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Fine and Imposing French Heavy Gauge Ormolu & Bronze Renaissance revival style ovoid form Ewer now converted to a single Electric Table Lamp of tall proportions and of outstanding qu...
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19th Century French Victorian Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century Sevres Type Painted Gilt Porcelain & Ormolu Mounted Vase Table Lamp
Located in Germantown, MD
19th Century Sevres Type hand Painted, Gilt Porcelain and Ormolu Mounted dual handled Vase Table Lamp with original harp and figural painted porcelain finial. Light bulb socket likel...
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Mid-19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Brass, Ormolu
Large Pair of Ormolu Mounted Cobalt blue Porcelain Vases
Located in New York, NY
A large pair of antique ormolu mounted deep cobalt blue porcelain vases in the sèrves style converted to lamps.
Origin: France
Date: late 19th Century
Dimensions: 12" W x 36" H ...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu bouillotte lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu bouillotte lamp. The lamp is raised by a beautiful pierced circular bowl with lovely foliate designs and a beaded band. At the...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Metal, Ormolu
A French Empire Style Lamp Late XIXth Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A French Empire Style Lamp Late XIXth Century
A French gilt and parcel patinated bronze standard lamp
In the shape of a Ionic Greek column
The fluted stem with foliate capital on a ...
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1890s French Empire Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Bronze, Ormolu
Chinese Yellow Monochromatic Porcelain Ormolu Mounted Lamp, Attb. E. F. Caldwell
Located in New York, NY
A 19th Century Chinese Yellow Monochromatic Porcelain and Ormolu Mounted Lamp, Attributed to E. F. Caldwell. Of baluster form, the porcelain has a gorgeous bright yellow monochromat...
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1880s American Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu, Tole, Gilt and Porcelain lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A finely detailed and most unique French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu, Tole, Gilt and Porcelain Bouillotte lamp. This attractive three arm Bouillotte lamp is centered by a round...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Metal, Bronze, Ormolu
pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Gris St. Anne marble and Ormolu lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Gris St. Anne marble and Ormolu lamps. Each stunning lamp is raised on a mottled square marble plate while bein...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Marble, Ormolu
Pr. 19th C. Chinese Porcelain Vases Turned-to-Lamps with French Ormolu Mounts
Located in New York, NY
An Unusual Pair of 19th Century Chinese Porcelain Vases Turned-to-Lamps with French Ormolu Mounts. This is truly an unusual pair of lamps, with a black and turquoise blue salmon roe fish ground and an elaborate and unusual number of round cartouches, each with a different interior design. The cartouche roundels are hand-enameled and include peaches, flowers, Daoist symbols, and many more Chinese inspired designs. Each lamp is hand-enameled with a gorgeous array of details and sophistication. The vases are flanked with gilt elephant-ear handles and have their original lids, which were later converted to lamps to be used in any modern day setting. The porcelain vases are mounted on a pair of gorgeous French ormolu mounts, which are finished with hand-chased designs.
China, Circa: 1880
Height of Vases with...
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1880s Chinese Qing Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Tole Bouillotte lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An attractive and most decorative French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Tole Bouillotte lamp. This exquisite three light lamp is raised by a beautiful pierced circular bowl wi...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Ormolu
true pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and marble lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An attractive and most elegant true pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and white Carrara marble candelabra lamps. Each stunning three arm candelabra is raised on a circ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Carrara Marble, Ormolu
pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Pêcher marble and Ormolu lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most impressive and highly detailed pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Fleur de Pêcher marble and Ormolu lamps. Each beautiful urn mounted into a lamp is raised on a stepped...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Marble, Ormolu
pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Celadon porcelain and Ormolu lamps
By Limoges
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and most decorative pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Celadon porcelain and Ormolu lamps, attributed to Limoges. Each stunning two light Pâte sur Pâte lamp is raised by an Ormolu foliate decorated mottled base and supported on four stepped block feet with rosette decorations. The beautifully shaped bodies display charming and most decorative Celadon Pâte sur Pâte...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Vintage Pair Corinthian Column Ormolu & Glass Table Lamps Mid 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is an impressive vintage pair of ormolu and glass classical corinthian column & urn table lamp, circa Mid 20th Century in date.
Each lamp features a classical urn capital with ...
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Mid-20th Century Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
A Pair Bronze & Gilt-Metal Lamp
Located in Huntington, NY
Bronze & Gilt-Metal Lamp 20th Century
Cleaned rewired w new shade.
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Late 20th Century American Restauration Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu, Bronze
Antique French Ormolu Cherub Table Lamp Louis Revival Circa 1870
Located in London, GB
This is a fine antique French Louis XVI Revival ormolu table lamp with Carrara marble base, circa 1870 in date.
An ormolu triple branch light candela...
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1870s Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Pair French Ormolu Mounted Chinese Lavender Ground Porcelain Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A Beautiful Pair of 19th/Early 20th Century Chinese Lavender Ground Famille Rose Decorated Porcelain Lamps on French Ormolu Mounts. Each lamp is of bulbous form with a gorgeous light lavender ground which is very unusual for Chinese porcelain. The bodies are decorated with Daoist symbols which are beautifully enameled with array of colors and traditional Chinese motifs. The base of the vases consists of a border that is beautifully hand-enameled and gorgeously decorated with a traditional Chinese floral design. The bases of the vases are mounted with French ormolu mounts with laurel wreaths all hand-chased and hand-chiseled into the ormolu.
Mount: France, Circa: 1900
Porcelain: China, Circa: 1900
Height with shades is adjustable about 30"
Height of the Vases with Mounts...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
A Pair Louis XVI style French Ormolu 5-Arm Candelabra Turned to Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A Pair of 19th Century Louis XVI French Ormolu Five-Arm Candelabra Turned to Lamps. Each is exceptionally cast, hand-chased, and hand-chiseled with a tall columnar body which extend...
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1870s French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Louis XVI Style Ormolu Bouillotte Lamp with Porcelain Flowers by E. F. Caldwell
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
This fine quality Louis XVI style bronze bouillotte lamp, mounted on a Carrara marble base features hand painted porcelain flowers and naturalistic
gilt bronze leaves and branches. ...
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Late 18th Century American Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
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...
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19th Century Chinese Late Victorian Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
A French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Biscuit Porcelain lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most decorative French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Biscuit Porcelain lamp. This very attractive lamp is raised on a square Ormolu base with concave corners a...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
A French 19th century Louis XVI st. Crystal and Ormolu lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very attractive French 19th century Louis XVI st. Crystal and Ormolu lamp. This exquisite urn mounted into a lamp is raised by a square base with a foliate decorated socle shaped p...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Crystal, Ormolu
A true pair of French 19th century faux Porphyry Ormolu patinated Bronze lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and most decorative true pair of French 19th century faux Porphyry, Ormolu and patinated Bronze lamps of Napoleon. Each impressive lamp is raised by a mottled rectangular ...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Porphyry, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of 19th Century Gilt-Bronze & Faience Porcelain Table Lamp Candelabras
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine pair of French 19th-20th century Louis XV style gilt bronze and Faience porcelain three-light candelabra table lamps. The ovoid porcelain urn hand decorated in floral burgundy...
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Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Ormolu Table Lamps and Other Ormolu Lighting for Sale on 1stDibs
Able to double as task lighting, table lamps can illuminate darker corners of a room, and antique ormolu table lamps and other ormolu lighting can be incorporated into a variety of spaces.
Your style of decorating doesn't have to necessarily have to be rooted in neoclassical design in order to tastefully introduce ormolu — while demand for the material and/or technique was at its peak in Europe during the 18th and 19th centuries, ormolu table lamps, desk lamps and other ormolu furniture and decor are still widely loved by contemporary designers and collectors.
What is ormolu?
Ormolu is a brilliant form of decorative trickery. To the untrained eye, ormolu table lamps, 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.
If you're looking to bring a touch of this 19th-century pizzazz to your desk, an antique ormolu table lamp is a decorative touch that blends ornament and functionality. Perfect for lighting your nightstand or reading nook, table lamps play an integral role in styling an inviting room, and a well-crafted ormolu table lamp does more than provide light; the right fixture-and-table combination can add a focal point or creative element to any interior.
Today, antiques collectors and interior designers seek out the finest in ormolu clocks and 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 table lamps, ormolu floor lamps and other ormolu lighting on 1stDibs.
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