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Material: Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Porcelain Lamp, Signed by Sèvres
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most impressive and large scale French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and porcelain lamp, signed by Sèvres. The lamp is raised by striking triangular shaped porcelain base with ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Neo-Classical Onyx, Ormolu and Cloisonné Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking pair of French 19th century Neo-Classical onyx, ormolu and Cloisonné lamps. Each lamp is raised by fine ormolu topie shaped feet below the square onyx base with an elegant wrap around mottled foliate ormolu band. The socle pedestal displays a wonderfully executed Cloisonné design and a fluted ormolu support encasing the beautifully shaped onyx body. At each side are elegant ormolu handles with foliate and palmettes designs leading up to the striking Cloisonné neck. Displayed with our signature two tone pin tuck silk Cedric DuPont Antique...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Onyx, Ormolu
True Pair of French 19th Century Belle Époque Period Bronze & Porphyry Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and very high quality true pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period patinated bronze, verdigris ormolu and Porphyry candelabra lamps. Each six arm lamp is raised by a square Porphyry base with a striking wrap around berried laurel ormolu band and exceptional richly chased swaging blooming flower garlands encasing the circular Porphyry support. At the center are charming verdigris cherubs sitting on patinated bronze rocks...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Red Vulcano Onyx and Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional and most decorative pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. red Vulcano onyx and ormolu lamps. Each lamp is raised by a square base with fine ormolu ball feet and a ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Onyx, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Porcelain, Gilt and Ormolu Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fabulous French 19th century Louis XVI st. cobalt blue Sèvres porcelain, gilt and ormolu lamp. The lamp is raised by a fine circular base with a bottom ormolu band and fine foliate gilt accents at the fluted socle support. The elegantly shaped body displays additional gilt accents and striking richly chased ormolu rams...
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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 Style Ormolu and Tole Bouilotte Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant and high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and tole Bouillotte lamps. Each lamp is raised by a beautiful and wonderfully executed pierced bowl w...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Pair Of French 19th Century Charles X St. Patinated Bronze and Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A pair of exquisite French 19th century Charles X st. patinated bronze and ormolu lamps. Each lamp is raised on an ormolu square base with canted corners. The base is decorated with patinated bronze scrolled foliate with ormolu accents, that continues up the socle. Above is a very impressive patinated bronze male...
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19th Century French Charles X Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Bronze, Ormolu
pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu and marble candelabra lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and palatial pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu and Rosso Levanto marble candelabra lamps. Each stunning and high quality lamp is raised on an Ormolu Rocai...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Marble, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and White Carrara Marble Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An extremely elegant and high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and white Carrara marble lamps. Each four arm lamp is ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Marble, Ormolu
Antique Japanese Urn Converted to Lamp
Located in New Orleans, LA
This lovely Japanese urn was converted to a lamp. The colors on the porcelain urn remain strong and the design sharp.
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Pair of French Mid-19th Century Louis XVI Style Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and large scale pair of French mid 19th century Louis XVI st. Alabastro Fiorito and ormolu urns mounted into lamps. Each lamp is raised by a square base above half round ormolu feet. The alabaster socle is elegantly decorated by an ormolu berried laurel band. The egg shaped alabaster body is richly decorated by swaging ormolu floral garlands held by a ring. On each side of the urn are handsome rams heads below the pierced ormolu neck. The urn is finished with the two tone signature Cedric DuPont...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Marble, Ormolu
Pair of 19th Century Chinese Famille Rose Vases / Lamps, circa 1880
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality pair of 19th century Chinese Famille Rose Chinese porcelain vases / lamps. Each with wonderful gilded ormolu scrolling Rococo style mounts. Classical exotic birds...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
19th Century French Table Lamp in Ormolu
Located in London, GB
A large and ornate gilt bronze lamp, modeled as a putto holding the lamp fitting aloft whilst kneeling on a hexagonal base embellished with foliate Rococo decorations.
French, c. ...
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Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Neoclassical Style ‘Aux Victoires’ Candelabra Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning pair of French 19th century Neo-Classical st. ormolu, patinated bronze and Rouge Royale marble 'Aux Victoires' candelabra lamps. Each lamp is raised by four fine reeded to...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Bronze, Marble, & Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and unique pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu, patinated bronze and Rouge Griotte marble lamps. Each lamp is raised by a striking octagonal Rouge Griotte ma...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Neoclassical St. Bronze and Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning true pair of French 19th century Neo-Classical st. patinated bronze, ormolu and marble urns mounted into lamps, signed LÉON BOUCHER. Each lamp ...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Carrara Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Marble Candelabra Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and marble candelabra lamps. Each three arm lamp is raised by an elegant square white Carrara marble base...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Marble, Carrara Marble, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu Candelabra Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu candelabra lamps. Each five arm lamp is raised by a circular mottled base with a fine bea...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XIV St. Patinated Bronze and Ormolu Candelabra Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and very high quality French 19th century Louis XIV st. patinated Bronze and Ormolu candelabra lamp. The lamp is raised by fine square mottled feet below the base with lov...
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19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XV Style Candelabra Lamps, Signed Sèvres
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. ormolu and porcelain electrified candelabras lamps, signed Sèvres. Each beautiful lamp is raised by a circular Biscuit de Sèvres p...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Ebonized Fruitwood and Ormolu Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking pair of French 19th century neo-classical st. ebonized fruitwood and ormolu lamps. Each lamp is raised by a most decorative circular ebonized fruitwood base with a lovely fluted design. The ormolu column above display beautiful acanthus leaves at the base and elegant richly chased palmettes leading up to a fine fluted design. Above are intricately carved foliate patterns and an elegant reeded border. Shown with our signature two tone pin tuck silk Cedric DuPont Antique...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Bronze, Ormolu, and Marble Table Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and most impressive pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated bronze, ormolu, and Rouge Griotte marble lamps in the manner of Clodion. Each lamp is raised by a s...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th Century Renaissance St. Ormolu Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful French 19th century Renaissance st. ormolu lamp. The lamp is raised by a lovely circular base with a fine wrap around foliate band below the pierced dome shape support displaying scrolled...
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19th Century French Renaissance Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
French 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Patinated Bronze and Ormolu Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very handsome French 19th century Neo-Classical st. patinated bronze and ormolu vase mounted into a lamp, signed E. Picault. The lamp is raised on ormolu ball feet below the circul...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Bronze, Ormolu and Sienna Marble Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and very high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period patinated bronze, ormolu and Sienna marble lamp. The charming...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Siena Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Belle Époque Period Lamps, Signed Picard
By Henri Picard
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XV st. Belle Époque period ormolu candelabras lamps, signed Picard. Each lamp is raised by a striking and most deco...
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19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Belle Époque Period Ormolu Candlestick Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and very high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period ormolu candlestick lamps. Each lamp is raised by a circular base with a finely detailed wrap ar...
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19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Neoclassical St. Bronze, Ormolu and Marble Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant and high quality true pair of French 19th century Neo-Classical st. patinated bronze, ormolu and Vert de Patricia marble lamps. Each lamp is raised by four fine ball s...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Neoclassical Lamps in the Manner of Clodion
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome pair of French 19th century Neo-Classical st. Black Belgian marble, ormolu and patinated bronze lamps in the manner of Clodion after a model by John Flaxman. Each lamp is raised by a beautiful circular mottled black Belgian marble base below the striking patinated bronze socle pedestal with fitted ormolu flutes. The patinated bronze body displays finely chased cherubs playing in a field on one side, and on the other side picking grapes out of a basket. To each side are wonderfully detailed animal...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Belgian Black Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
True Pair of French 19th Century Louis XIV St. Ormolu and Bronze Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and very high quality true pair of French 19th century Louis XIV st. ormolu and patinated bronze lamps. Each lamp is raised by an exceptional and most decorative curved or...
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19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th Century Belle Époque Period Ormolu And Rouge Griotte Marble Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional and large scale French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period ormolu and Rouge Griotte marble lamp. The lamp is raised by three impressive paw feet below strik...
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19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Marble, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XV St. Ormolu Candelabras Mounted into Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A superb and very high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. ormolu candelabras mounted into lamps. Each lamp is raised by an impressive and most decorative tripod base wi...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Silvered Bronze and Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI style silvered bronze and ormolu lamps. Each lamp is raised by a beautiful square base with concave sides and a fine...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Belle Époque Period Marble and Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A splendid pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period Vert Antique marble and ormolu lamps. Each lamp is raised by a triangular base with concave sides decorated w...
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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 Style Three-Arm Electrified Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A pair of elegant and uniquely shaped French 19th Century Louis XVI st. three-arm electrified candelabras. Each is raised by a square white carrara marble base with recessed central ...
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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 Style Bronze, Ormolu and Marble Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated bronze, ormolu and white Carrara marble lamps. Each lamp is raised by a square white Carrara marble base with conca...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XV St. Ormolu and Bronze Candelabra Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and very high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. ormolu and patinated bronze candelabra lamps. Each seven ar...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Fruitwood Candelabra Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking pair of French 19th century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and ebonized Fruitwood candelabra lamp. The two arm lamp is raised by a triangular ebonized Fruitwood base and fine mottle...
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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 Marble Candelabras Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very attractive pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and white Carrara marble candelabra lamps. Each lamp is raised on a circular ...
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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 Renaissance St. Patinated Bronze and Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A remarkable pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. patinated bronze and ormolu lamps. Each lamp is raised by a beautiful circular base with three fine seashell shaped supports ...
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19th Century French Renaissance Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Neoclassical Bronze, Ormolu and Marble Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An extremely elegant true pair of French 19th century Neo-Classical st. onyx, ormolu and patinated bronze lamps. Each lamp is raised by an octagonal onyx base with ormolu ball feet, ...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Onyx, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Renaissance St. Ormolu and Marble Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and large scale true pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. ormolu and Rouge Griotte marble lamps. Each lamp is raised by a circular Rouge Griotte marble base with a ...
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19th Century French Renaissance Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Marble, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Belle Époque Period Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period ormolu and Rouge Griotte marble lamp. The elegant lamp is raised by a triangular Rouge Gri...
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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 Style Griotte Marble and Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A high quality and most charming true pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Rouge Griotte marble and ormolu two arm candelabra lamps. Each lamp is raised by elegant ormolu topie ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Marble, Ormolu
Pair of French Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Candelabras Mounted into Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite pair of French late 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and white Carrara marble candelabras lamps. Each lamp is raised by a square ormolu base with fine bun feet below th...
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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 Style Patinated Bronze and Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and large-scale pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated bronze and ormolu lamps. Each lamp is raised on wonderfully scrolled ormolu feet, supporting the black ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Belgian Black Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Bronze, Ormolu, and Marble Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking pair of French 19th century neo-classical st. patinated bronze, ormolu and Brèche de Appenninica marble candelabra lamps. Each two armed lamp...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th Century Empire St. Belle Époque Period Marble and Ormolu Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most impressive French 19th century Empire st. Belle Époque period Vert de Patricia and ormolu lamp. The large lamp is raised by a triangular Vert de Patricia marble base with cut corners and concave sides decorated with beautiful pierced fitted scrolled foliate ormolu plaques...
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19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Marble, Ormolu
Pair of French and Asian Collaboration 19th Century Porcelain and Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional pair of French and Asian collaboration 19th century teal blue fire glazed porcelain and ormolu lamps attributed to Theodore Deck. Each lamp is raised by an elegant squ...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu lamp. The three armed lamp is raised by a fine circular mottled base with large beautiful richly c...
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19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Pair of French Onyx and Ormolu Lamps
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An impressive pair of French onyx and ormolu lamps, each in the form of a classical urn decorated with lavish ormolu mounts comprising a high scroll handle...
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Early 1900s French Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Onyx, Ormolu
Pair of 19th Century Louis XVI Style Vert Patricia Marble and Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A unique and most decorative pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Vert Patricia marble and ormolu lamps. Each lamp is raised by a square base with ormolu ball feet and a circula...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Pair of French Gilt and Blue 'Sevres' Porcelain Lamps
Located in London, GB
Constructed in ormolu and ‘Sevres’ porcelain; rising from square ormolu bases with re-entrant radiused angles, the stepped platforms adorned with stiff leaf castings, having pearl ...
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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 Style Ormolu and Sèvres Porcelain Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and cobalt blue Sèvres porcelain lamps. Each lamp is raised by fine feet with lovely richly chased faces centering recesse...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu lamp. The lamp is raised by elegant hoof feet and acanthus leaf supports below the square base with concave corners. The socle...
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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 Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful true pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu lamps. Each lamp is raised by a most decorative pierced scrolled base with a central cabochon. Above are charming ch...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Louis XVI St. Marble and Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A pair of French 19th Louis XVI st. White Carrara marble and ormolu electrified candelabra lamps, after a model by Pierre Gouthière. Each lamp is raised by ormolu topie shaped feet b...
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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 Style Candelabra Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated bronze, ormolu and Vert de Patricia marble candelabra lamps. Each lamp is raised by an elegant circular base with fin...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Marble, 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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