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Material: Ormolu
French Mid 19th Century Louis XVI St. Bouillotte Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A lovely French mid 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and white Carrara marble candelabra mounted into a Bouillotte lamp. The square marble base with concave sides is richly chased w...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Carrara Marble, 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 Ormolu and Bronze Candelabra, Early 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A pair of 18th century style gilded ormolu and patinated bronze three branch candelabra, each with a classical kneeling putti supporting scrolling foliate candelabra with urn like sc...
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Early 19th Century French Classical Greek Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Bronze, Ormolu

Asian & French Collaboration 19th Century Louis XVI Style Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A lovely and high quality Asian and French collaboration 19th century Louis XVI st. Imari porcelain and ormolu lamp. The lamp is raised by an elegant ormolu base with fine wrap aroun...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Ormolu

French and Asian Collaboration 19th Century Louis XV Style Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A superb French and Asian collaboration 19th century Louis XV st. Famille Verte porcelain and ormolu lamp. The lamp is raised by a beautiful and richly chased scrolled foliate base w...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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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 Louis XVI St. Vert Patricia Marble and Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Vert Patricia marble and ormolu lamps. each lamp is raised on ormolu ball feet below the square marble and ormolu support. The fl...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Marble, 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

French 19th Century Ormolu Cherub Lamp, After A Sculpture By Pigalle
By Jean-Baptiste Pigalle
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning French 19th century ormolu cherub mounted in to a lamp, after a sculpture by Pigalle . The lamp is raised by a circular ormolu mottled base where the winged cherub stands ...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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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 and German Collaboration 19th Century Porcelain and Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A lovely pair of French and German collaboration 19th century Meissen porcelain and ormolu urns mounted into lamps. Each beautiful lamp is raised by a most elegant circular base with...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Ormolu

Pair of French Mid-19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu Bouilotte Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and high quality pair of French mid 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu bouillotte lamps. Each lamp is raised by a circular base with three block feet and a stunning richly ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Ormolu

19th Century Chinese Powder Blue Vase / Lamp
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A striking 19th century Chinese power blue vase / lamp with French gilded ormolu mounts to the top and plinth base.
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Late 19th Century French Chinese Export Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal Girandoles
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and Baccarat crystal girandoles. Each girandole is raised by a circular ormolu base with a most decorative beaded and acan...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Crystal, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Empire Style Porcelain and Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning true pair of French 19th century Empire st. porcelain and ormolu lamps. Each elegant lamp is raised by a fine circular or...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Ormolu

French 19th Century Renaissance St. Porcelain and Ormolu Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and extremely decorative French 19th century Renaissance st. Pâte sur Pâte celadon colored porcelain and ormolu lamp. The lamp is raised by a beautiful finely detailed ci...
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19th Century French Renaissance Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Renaissance Style Patinated Bronze and Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An attractive and very decorative pair of French mid 19th century Renaissance st. patinated bronze and ormolu lamps. The lamps are raised by square pedestals with ormolu...
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19th Century French Renaissance Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Ormolu, Bronze

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 20th Century Louis XVI Style Blue Sèvres Style Porcelain Lamps
Located in Southall, GB
A very elegant pair of French 20th century Louis XVI cobalt blue Sèvres style porcelain and ormolu lamps. Each lamp is raised on an ormolu base with beaded borders. The baluster shap...
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Late 20th Century French Louis XVI Ormolu Table Lamps

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Ormolu

Pair of Russian Early 19th Century Neoclassical Style Three Arm Girandole Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant pair of Russian early 19th century Neo-Classical st. ormolu, crystal and white Carrara marble three arm Girandole lamps. Each Girandole is raised by a square white Car...
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19th Century Russian Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Crystal, Carrara Marble, 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

Pair of French 19th Century Renaissance Style Bronze Lamps, Signed Barbedienne
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. patinated bronze, ormolu and Rouge Griotte marble candelabra lamps, signed Barbedienne. Each lamp is raised by a beautiful octa...
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19th Century French Renaissance Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Marble, Bronze, 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 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 Mid 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Candelabra Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and most elegant pair of French mid 19th century Neo-Classical st. four arm electrified candelabras in ormolu and silvered bronze. The pair are raised by circular ormol...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Bronze, Ormolu

Pair of French Mid-19th Century Neoclassical Bronze, Ormolu and Marble Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most impressive and high quality pair of French mid 19th century neo-classical st. patinated bronze, ormolu and black Belgian marble five arm candelabras lamps. Each lamp is raised...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Belgian Black Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Carrara Marble Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and white Carrara marble statues mounted into lamps. Each lamp is raised by bun ormolu supports below a circular white Carrara marble base. Above the base is a circular ormolu column pedestal decorated by swaging floral garlands flanked by protruding vertical mottled elements and a fluted band above. A classically dressed maiden stands atop the pedestal holding a cornucopia. The pair are richly chased throughout while all original gilt. Displayed with our signature two tone silk Cedric DuPont Antique...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Carrara Marble, Ormolu

Pair French Champleve Enamel Vases / Lamps, circa 1900
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very decorative pair of late 19th century French oriental style champleve enamel vases / lamps. Each having wonderful turquoise ground and exo...
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Late 19th Century French Japonisme Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Enamel, 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

French 19th Century Renaissance Style Bronze, Ormolu and Marble Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and large scale true pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. patinated bronze, ormolu and Rouge Griotte marble lamps. Each lamp is raised by a circular mottled Rouge G...
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19th Century French Renaissance Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Marble and Ormolu Mounted Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. marble and ormolu mounted lamps. Each lamp is raised by fine floral topie shaped ormolu feet. The square Greek Antique Green marble...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Marble, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XV Style Patinated Bronze and Ormolu Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking French 19th century Louis XV st. patinated bronze and ormolu lamp. The lamp is raised by a richly chased rocaille designed ormolu base in a satin and burnished finish with...
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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 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 Renaissance Style Bronze, Ormolu and Marble Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An outstanding pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. patinated bronze, ormolu and black Belgian and rouge Griotte marble lamps. Each lamp is raised by a square black Belgian ma...
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19th Century French Renaissance Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XV Style Porcelain and Ormolu Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful French 19th century Louis XV st. porcelain and ormolu lamp. The lamp is raised by a striking richly chased ormolu base with fine foliate designs and Greek keys in a satin...
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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 Candelabras Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. silvered bronze, ormolu and marble three arm candelabra lamps. Each lamp is raised by fine ormolu ball feet below a rectangul...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Carrara Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Alabastro Fiorito and Ormolu Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and extremely elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. Alabastro Fiorito Marble and ormolu lamp. The lamp is raised by an ormolu square base below the beautiful fluted spiral socle pedestal decorated with a wrap around berried laurel band. The striking Alabastro Fiorito body is encased by beautiful ormolu palmettes at the base and lovely scrolled handles, leading up each side, wrapped in richly chased charming swaging floral garlands. Above is a finely detailed ormolu top cap with exceptional floral designs in a rich satin and burnished finish. Displayed with our signature two tone pin tuck silk Cedric DuPont Antique shades.
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Marble, Ormolu

Pair of 19th Century Louis XVI St. White Carrara Marble Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome pair of French mid 19th century Louis XVI st. white Carrara marble and ormolu electrified candelabras. Each are raised by a Carrara marble base with canted corners on ormo...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Carrara Marble, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu And Marble Candelabra Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and extremely elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and white Carrara marble candelabra lamp. The four arm lamp is raised ...
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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 Restauration St. Candelabra Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and high quality true pair of French 19th century Restauration st. patinated bronze, ormolu, and black Belgian marble candelabra lamps. Each five arm lamp...
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19th Century French Renaissance Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Belgian Black Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Marble Candelabras Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and Rouge Griotte marble three arm electrified candelabra lamps. Each lamp is raised by fine ormolu ball ...
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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 Ormolu and Carrara Marble Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and white Carrara marble three arm candelabra lamps. Each lamp is raised by Fine ormolu ball feet below a square white Car...
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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 Patinated Bronze and Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very elegant true pair of French 19th century patinated bronze and ormolu lamps. Each lamp is raised by handsome paw feet below a roaring lion's head. The rectangular base has a co...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Bronze, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Tole Bouilotte Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and tole Bouillotte lamp. The charming lamp is raised by a circular bowl shaped base with a lovely wrap around foliate band. The c...
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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

French Sèvres Porcelain Watteau Scene Ormolu Cobalt Blue Table Lamp 19th Century
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning French Sèvres soft paste signed porcelain and ormolu twin handle electric table lamp of traditional bulbous form and of outstanding quality, and good size proportions, raise...
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19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century White Carrara Marble, Ormolu and Bronze Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and high quality pair of French 19th century white Carrara marble, ormolu and patinated bronze candelabra lamps. Each six ...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Carrara Marble, Bronze, 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 Century Louis XVI Style Patinated Bronze and Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated bronze and ormolu lamps after a model by John Flaxman. Each lamp is raised by ormolu ball feet and a solid white Ca...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Carrara Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XV St. Ormolu and Tole Bouillotte Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. ormolu and tole bouillotte lamps. Each lamp is raised by a beautiful circular base with richly chased foliate designs in rich sati...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Ormolu

French 19th Century Empire Style Ormolu and Granite Five-Arm Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite true pair of French 19th century Empire st. ormolu and granite five arm lamps, after a model by Claude Galle. Each lamp is raised by a squar...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Granite, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A unique and extremely elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and Baccarat crystal lamp. The lamp is raised by a striking and most deco...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Crystal, Ormolu

Pair of Italian 19th Century Neoclassical St. Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and large scale pair of Italian 19th century Neo-Classical st. patinated bronze, ormolu and faux painted Porphyry lamps. Each lamp is raised by elegant ormolu ball feet be...
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19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Bronze, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XV St. Ormolu Candlesticks Mounted into Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and uniquely scaled pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. ormolu candlesticks mounted into lamps. Each candlestick is raised by a Rocaille-designed base with fine folia...
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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 St. Ormolu and Marble Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A superb pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and marble lamps. Raised on ormolu bun feet below a rectangular sienna marble base with chased ormolu trim. Above each is a ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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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

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Crystal, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Belle Époque Period Marble Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most unique pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period white Carrara marble and ormolu four arm electrified candelabra lamps, possibly by Henry Dass...
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19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Carrara Marble, 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

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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