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Material: Ormolu
pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu lamps
By Baccarat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A high quality and most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu lamps. Each lamp is raised on a square Ormolu plinth displaying a Coeur-de-Rai b...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
French Gilt Bronze Baroque Style Candlestick Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French gilt bronze baroque style candlestick lamp.
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Early 17th Century French Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
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
Early 20C American Dedham Style Sang de Boeuf Pottery & Gilt Bronze Table Lamp
By Chelsea Keramic Art Works
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING a GORGEOUS AND EXTREMELY RARE Lamp of small to medium proportions.
In the shape of a Lidded Chinese Ginger Jar/Urn, heavily influenced by Chinese design with gilt bronze mounts and base in the Chinese style.
CLASSIC Oxblood or ‘Sange de Boeuf’ Pottery.
Very nice table lamp. IMPRESSIVE and VERY DECORATIVE !
From circa 1920 and we believe American made, probably by the Hugh C..Robertson for Dedham Pottery...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, 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
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu & Marble Candelabra Beurdeley
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdeley (French, 1847-1919) A very fine pair of French 19th century Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted and white marble three-light candelabra (now electrified), ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Late 19thC Gilt Bronze Mounted Table Lamp
Located in Altrincham, GB
Late 19th century gilt metal mounted table lamp, the burgundy porcelain body of tapering form with applied gilt metal acanthus feet leading to cherub masks - 14" diam x 26"h - The la...
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1890s English High Victorian Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XVI Style Gilt and Patinated Bronze Lamps by Gherardo Degli Albizzi, Pair
Located in Morristown, NJ
Late 20th c., pair of Italian Louis XVI style gold plated, patinated bronze and gilt bronze column table lamps by Gherardo Degli Albizzi. Of beautiful quality, two light, fluted, col...
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Late 20th Century Italian Louis XVI Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Gold Plate, Metal, Ormolu, Bronze
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
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of Late 18th Century Louis XVI Ormolu and White Marble Candelabra
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
A fine pair of Louis XVI white marble and gilt bronze candelabra in the form of atheniennes. The rams-headed tripod has a snake entwined through the stem, the central ovoid form whit...
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18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Wonderful Pair French Gilt Dore Bronze Cut Crystal Urn Form Ormolu-Mounted Lamps
By Baccarat
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Pair Of French Gold Gilt Dore Bronze Ormolu & Cut Crystal Urn Form Lamps, Completely Rewired With New Sockets In The Manner Of Baccarat.
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20th Century French Regency Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Bronze, Ormolu
French Gilt-Bronze Neoclassical Bouillotte Lamp with Tole Shade
Located in Pembroke, MA
Very nice quality, French, Louis XVI style gilt bronze Bouillotte lamp with green painted tole shade, (19th century). The lamp features nicely chiseled acanthus leaves, garlands, cen...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Marble and Ormolu Mounted Candelabra Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine pair of French 19th century marble and ormolu mounted figural urn three-light table lamp candelabra. The ovoid white marble body surmounted with a pair of mermaids holding han...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Neoclassical Bronze and Red Marble Lamps
Located in Shippensburg, PA
FINE PAIR OF NEOCLASSICAL ORMOLU-MOUNTED ROUGE MARBLE TABLE LAMPS
France, probably Paris, circa third quarter of the 19th century
Item # 404LBP26Q
A magnificent pair of Neoclassical vases converted into lamps, they are designed loosely after the influential vases of Antiquity known as the Medici and Borhese Vases. Those Kraters were executed in marble and have been widely considered the finest and most well-conceived vases of Antiquity. They have been frequently copied and have been the inspiration for many decorative arts, including the present pair.
The original vases feature bas-relief scenes in the Medici vase of a seated Iphigenia beneath a statue of Diana surrounded by Achilles, Ulysses and Agamemnon and in the Borghese vase a scene of drunk Silenius, Dionysus wearing his animal skin garment and Ariadne all together accompanied by a procession of revellers.
The present example departs from antiquity, focusing only on the Bacchic revellers and have repeated this motif across the field of the vase. They carry in their outstretched arms wreathes and long drapes of their garments, several carrying in hand the Thrysus. The chorus of figures is loosely reminiscent to the Borghese Dancers, also known as the Dancing Hours, executed in bas relief in marble...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Fine Pair of 19th Century Ormolu-Mounted Chinese Porcelain Vases Oil Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine pair of Chinese Export, 19th century porcelain bottle vases mounted with French ormolu as oil lamps. The well potted ovoid light pale-green porcelain pear...
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19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
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
Pair of French 19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Putti Table Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine pair of French 19th-20th century Louis XV style figural gilt bronze Putti torchere table lamps on a Rouge Royal base. Each figure representi...
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Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair Of French 19th Century Belle Epoque Period Bronze, Marble, & Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most impressive and large scale pair of French 19th century Belle Epoque period Neo-Greek st. patinated Bronze, black Belgian marble, and Ormolu lamps, attr. to Ferdinand Barbedien...
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19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Elegant Italian Pair of Doré Bronze Cut Crystal Ormolu Column Neoclassical Lamps
Located in Antwerp, BE
An elegant Italian pair of gilt doré bronze and diamond cut crystal, ormolu-mounted column-form neoclassical lamps in the manner of baccarat.
Measures: Height 51 cm.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Brass, Ormolu, Bronze
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XV Style Marble & Ormolu Candelabra Henri Vian
By Henri Vian
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and palatial pair of French 19th century Louis XV style marble and gilt bronze mounted four-light figural candelabra by Henri Vian, (French, 1860-1905). The ovoid marble ...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
Pair French 19th Century Napoleon III Empire Style Gilt-Bronze Urn Table Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine pair of French 19th century Napoleon III Empire style patinated-bronze and gilt-bronze Mounted Allegorical covered Urn vases lamps in the manner of Pierre-Philippe Thomir...
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Late 19th Century French Empire Revival Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
Wonderful Pair French Regency Cut Crystal Ormolu Gilt Bronze Column Lamps
By Baccarat
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Pair Of French Regency Style Faceted Cut Crystal & Ormolu Gilt Bronze Column Form Table Lamps, Completely Rewired With New Sockets
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20th Century French Regency Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Bronze, Ormolu
Louis XVI Style Marble Urn / Lamp
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th century Louis XVI style marble and gilded ormolu urn / lamp. Having classical semi nude female ormolu figures on either side. One being with cloven hoofs the...
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19th Century French Classical Greek Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Pair of French Victorian Porcelain Celadon Table Lamps
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Victorian porcelain pate-su-pate celadon lamps with floral decoration and gilt bronze base and trim. (Originally oil now wired for electric)(PRICED AS Pair).
Ships wi...
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19th Century French Victorian Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Marble and Ormolu Lamps
Located in Dublin, IE
A stunning pair of French 19th century Louis XVI style ormolu and Brèche Violette marble lamps. Each lamp is raised by an elegant square base with concave corners...
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1890s French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Pair of 'Japonsime' Blue Porcelain Vases Mounted as Lamps
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Pair Of 'Japonsime' Gilt-Bronze-Mounted Powder-Blue Porcelain Vases, Mounted As Lamps. By Ferdinand Barbedienne, Paris.
Each with a square shaped body. The sides decorated with ...
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19th Century French Japonisme Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Pair French Doré Bronze Neoclassical Ormolu Gilt Baccarat Crystal Lamps
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Exceptionally Fine Pair French Ormolu and hand cut full led Crystal Victorian Electric Table Lamps of elegant slender form and quite tall proportions, firmly attributed to French ...
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19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Bronze, Ormolu
A William IV 19th Century Opaline Glass White Table or Desk Lamp
Located in London, GB
England, circa 1840
An unusual mid nineteenth century white opaline glass column lamp with gilt bronze mounts and unusual onion shaped cowl shade.
Total height 57.00cm
Width of ba...
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Mid-19th Century English William IV Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of French Empire Bronze and Quartz Swan Table Lamps
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Empire style (1940s) gilt bronze and rose quartz table lamps with 3 swans at base (PRICED AS Pair).
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1940s French Empire Vintage Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Gilt and Patinated Bronze Candelabra with Putti Holding Floral Bouquets
Located in Pembroke, MA
Pair of candelabra with winged putti, each supporting a floral bouquet, on top of marble base. Each putti is patinated bronze and the bouquets are gilt bronze. The floral bouquet has...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th Century Neoclassical Style Bronze and Ormolu Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and large scale French 19th century neo-classical st. patinated bronze, ormolu and faux painted Porphyry lamp. The lamp is raised by ormolu ball feet below a most decorati...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Gilt Bronze Table Lamp in the Rococo Style
Located in London, GB
Gilt bronze table lamp in the Rococo style
French, late 19th century
With shade: Height 65cm, diameter 55cm
Without shade: Height 49cm, width 25cm, depth 17cm
This wonderful Ro...
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Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Napoleon III Period Porcelain Table Lamp
Located in London, GB
A Napoleon III period porcelain oil lamp with gilt Greek key decoration and bronze mounts.
Converted to electricity.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of French Neoclassical Style Gilt Bronze and Cut Glass Lamps
Located in London, GB
Pair of French neoclassical style gilt bronze and cut glass lamps
French, 20th century
Dimensions: Height 75cm, width 24cm, depth 20cm
Designed in the neoclassical Louis XVI sty...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Pair French Patinated Bronze and Ormolu Vases Mounted Table Lamps
Located in Madrid, ES
A pair of two-handled vases / lamps in classic French Napoleon III style bronze and gilt ormolu of very good quality, each with a foliated plant decoration in bronze, the ormolu orna...
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Late 19th Century European Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Ornate Brass and Ormolu Oil Lamp
Located in Pewsey, GB
An Ornate Brass and Ormulu Oil Lamp with original reservoir. It has central masks on the square base of the deity Cernounnos who represented prosperity. The upper vase shaped part of...
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1880s French Victorian Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
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
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Tole And Ormolu Bouillotte Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A high quality and finely decorated French 19th century Louis XVI st. Tole and Ormolu Bouillotte lamp. This exquisite three arm two light lamp is supported by a circular pierced base...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, 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
Empire Bronze Ormolu 4 Light Candelabra Table Lamps, Manner Rabiat, a Pair
Located in Jensen Beach, FL
Manner of Claude-Francois Rabiat. Each modeled as a classical maiden holding aloft a basket of fruit issuing four candlearms on raised engine turned column and plinth base.
Shade me...
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19th Century Empire Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
A pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu candelabra lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most decorative pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu candelabra lamps. Each impressive two arm candelabra is raised by a circular mottled edge socle shaped ...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Large Pair of Canton / Rose Medallion Vases or Lamps, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive pair of 19th century Chinese Cantonese or rose medallion vases or lamps. Each with wonderful bold colors, with classical oriental scenes of courtiers walking around...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of 19th Century Rococo Ormolu & Griotte Marble Candelabra, Barbedienne
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine pair of French 19th century Rococo Revival style gilt bronze and Rouge Griotte marble six-light candelabra attributed to Ferdinand Barbedienne (French, 1810-1892) After a mode...
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Late 19th Century French Rococo Revival Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Griotte Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair Of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Rock Crystal & Crystal Girandole Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and highly quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Rock Crystal and Crystal Girandole lamps. Each six light Girandole is raised by a circular Ormolu base with a ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Ormolu
Pair of French Antique Japonisme Glazed Ceramic and Ormolu Mounted Lamps
By L. Malpass
Located in London, GB
Pair of French antique Japonisme glazed ceramic and ormolu mounted lamps
French, Late 19th Century
Lamps: height 104cm, width 36cm, depth 26cm
Shades: height 33cm, diameter 50cm
In the Japonisme style, these superb, exceptionally large lamps (converted from vases) are made from glazed ceramics and fitted with ormolu mounts. The beautiful vases are parcel gilt and decorated with exquisite images of, to the front, a Japanese male figure on one and a female figure on the other; complemented by images of Japanese landscapes including trees, birds (ducks), shrubbery, flowers, and insects, including stick insects and butterflies.
Each piece is fitted with superb ormolu elephant...
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Late 19th Century French Japonisme Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu and Baccarat Girandoles
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. ormolu and Baccarat Girandoles. Each lamp is raised by a fine triangular ormolu base with most ...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
French 1970 Neoclassical Pair of Table Lamps in Black Onyx and Gilded Ormolu
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of French neoclassical table lamps.
Beautiful, imposing and elegant pair of table lamps, created in Paris France, back ...
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1970s French Neoclassical Revival Vintage Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Onyx, Ormolu
A Pair of Gilt-Bronze and Ruby Glass Table Lamps
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Pair of Gilt-Bronze and Ruby Glass Table Lamps.
Each with hexagonal stem and tulip-shaped Bohemian glass base. The metalwork finely turned with crosshatched patterns in gilt-bron...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th century Belle Epoque Period Empire st. Bronze and Ormolu lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A high quality and most impressive French 19th century Belle Epoque Period Empire st. patinated Bronze, Ormolu and Rouge Griotte Marble lamp. The stunning candelabra mounted into a l...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of Chinese Famille Vert Porcelain & French Ormolu Mounted Candelabra Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A Magnificent Pair of 19th Century French Ormolu-Mounted Chinese Export Porcelain Candelabra Lamps with Famille Vert Enamel Flower Decoration. Each vase is of baluster form with a do...
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1880s French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
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
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Pair of French Antique Gilt Bronze and Porphyry Lamps
Located in London, GB
Pair of French antique gilt bronze and porphyry lamps
French, Late 19th Century
Lamps: Height 87 (tallest) / 75cm (shortest), diameter 21cm
Shades: Height 32cm, diameter 50cm
This...
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Porphyry, Ormolu
Pair of Early 19th Century Ormolu Candlestick Lamps
Located in London, GB
A pair of early 19th Century ormolu Candlesticks having beaded nozzles, supported on tapering stems with lion's paw feet ending on engine turned circular bases. Now converted to lamp...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
circa 20th C. Chinese Porcelain Vases Turned-to-Lamps with French Ormolu Mounts
Located in New York, NY
An Unusual Pair of 20th 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: 19th C.
Height of Vases with...
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Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Charles X St. Ormolu Candlestick Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking pair of French 19th century Charles X st. ormolu candlestick lamps. Each lamp is raised by an elegant triangular base with concave sides below an impressive scrolled folia...
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19th Century French Charles X Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Ormolu and Tole French Bouillotte Lamp
Located in Locust Valley, NY
An ormolu and tole French bouillotte lamp with three arms and circular base. The beautiful lamp is fitted with a key motif finial with an arrow beneath, a black tole shade decorated...
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Early 20th Century Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
pair of Chinese 18th century Porcelain and French Louis XVI st. Ormolu lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite and most decorative pair of Chinese 18th century Famille Rose Porcelain and French Louis XVI st. Ormolu mounted lamps. Each most elegant vase mounted into a lamp is rais...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Pair Antique French Ormolu Mounted Sevres Porcelain Lamps, circa 1860-1870
Located in New Orleans, LA
Fabulous Pair Antique French Ormolu Mounted Sevres Porcelain Lamps, Circa 1860-1870.
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
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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