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Material: Ormolu
Large English Regency Gilt Bronze Lamp Depicting Atlas
Located in Kent, Dover
A fine XIX Century English gilt-bronze lamp depicting Atlas, holding up the earth, with a frosted glass shade. Formerly for oil, now electrified, and with good patina.
Category
1820s English Regency Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Iron, Ormolu
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.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
$816 Sale Price
30% Off
Pair of French Tole and Faux Marble Column Table Lamps, Originally Oil, C. 1820
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of French tole and faux marble column table lamps with the original gilt bronze frosted shades and resting on step back squared ormolu bases. Original oil powered and have been ...
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1820s French Louis Philippe Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Bronze Putti Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Spectacular Pair of 19th century French Gilt Bronze Putti candelabra lamps.
Original marble socle bases. True pair A left side and A right sided...
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
$6,000 / item
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, Bronze, Ormolu
$24,850 Sale Price / set
47% Off
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
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
Bronze, 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...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
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 Gilt Bronze Baroque Style Candlestick Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French gilt bronze Baroque style candlestick lamp.
Category
20th Century French 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
French Gilt Bronze Baroque Style Candlestick Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French gilt bronze Baroque style candlestick lamp.
Category
20th Century French Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Neoclassical Bronze and Ormolu Candelabra Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Of columnar form enriched with acanthus leave decoration, issuing three candlearms fitted with electrified candlesleeves, on a tripartite plinth base; with black and gilt tôle shade.
Category
20th Century Neoclassical Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, 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
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Pair of French Louis XV Bronze Dore Table Lamps
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Louis XV style (1940s) bronze dore and green agate table lamps with 3 swans at base (PRICED AS Pair).
Ships without a shade
Category
1940s French Louis XV Vintage Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Agate, Ormolu
$17,500 / set
Beaux Arts Style Gilt Bronze Chinese Famille Rose Canton Porcelain Vase as Lamp
Located in Germantown, MD
A Beaux Arts Style Ormoly Gilt Bronze Chinese Famille Rose Canton Porcelain Vase mounted as Table Lamp
Category
Early 20th Century Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
$3,850 Sale Price
30% Off
pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. Sévres Porcelain and Ormolu lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and intricately detailed pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. Sévres Porcelain and Ormolu lamps. Each most elegant vase mounted into a lamp is raised by pierced foliat...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
20th Century French Black Enamel Tole and Gilt Bronze Table Lamp with Silk Shade
Located in Firenze, IT
A beautiful pair of French Empire style early 20th century black lacquered metal and parcel gilt bronze table lamps with pagoda silk shades.
These high quality chic and stylish neoc...
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Early 20th Century French Empire Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu, Metal, Bronze
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
19th Century Pair of Ormolu and Marble Tazza Urns Converted to Table Lamps
Located in Dublin, IE
A stunning pair of 19th Century ormolu and marble tazza urns converted to table lamps. This very fine pair of lamps are fully restored and converted to table lamps with beautiful pa...
Category
19th Century English Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
A pair of French 19th century Charles X Period Ormolu and Crystal lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational pair of French 19th century Charles X Period Ormolu and Crystal lamps. Each stunning candlestick mounted into a lamp is raised by a square Ormolu base with a cut angled...
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19th Century French Charles X Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Baccarat Pair Cut Crystal Gilt Bronze Ormolu-Mounted French Filigree Urn Lamps
By Baccarat
Located in Roslyn, NY
Beautiful pair of cut crystal urn form and doré bronze-mounted French lamps. The leaf decor handles along with the pedestal and base cup have wonderful bronze detailing, rewired with...
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1920s French Belle Époque Vintage Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu, Bronze
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 19th century Charles X st. Calacatta marble, Bronze and Ormolu lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stately and high quality French 19th century Charles X st. Calacatta marble, patinated Bronze and Ormolu lamp. This wonderful candelabra mounted into a lamp is raised on a triangul...
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19th Century French Charles X Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century Small Pair of French Chiseled Gilded Bronze Candlesticks
Located in IT
19th century, small pair of French chiseled gilded bronze candlesticks
The elegant and refined pair of bronze candlesticks finely chiselled and gilded was made in France circa mid...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
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
$12,950 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Chinese 18th Century style Ormolu mounted lamp.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An impressive Chinese 18th Century style, Celadon porcelain vase / lamp, having classical oriental motif hand painted decoration to the whole, and scrolling handles to each side. Mou...
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19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Pair French 19th Century Porcelain Urn 2 Bulb Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair French blue porcelain urn table lamps with finely detailed bronze ormolu mounts. Each light takes two bulbs. Priced as a pair. Cleaned and restored. Please note, this item is lo...
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Early 20th Century Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, 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...
Category
19th Century French Charles X Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Gilt Bronze Candelabrum Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A French gilt bronze Empire style candelabrum lamp. Rewired.
Shade not included.
Category
19th Century French Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
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
Materials
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 Ormolu Figural Lamps, 19th Century
Located in Cypress, CA
Outstanding opposing pair of 19th century French Louis XVI style ormolu lamps with rouge marble bases.
With parcel gilt and paint decorated faux parchment shade.
Each ormolu lamp...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Patinated Bronze and Ormolu Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and large scale French 19th century neo-classical st. patinated bronze and ormolu lamp. The lamp is raised by an elegant square ormolu base with a fine mottled border b...
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of French Porcelain Pat Sue Pat Vases in Orientalist Taste Mounted as Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A fine and quite unusual pair of antique French ormolu-mounted Pate Sur Pate porcelain vases, beautifully decorated in the orientalist motif, originally mounted as oil lamps, still h...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
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
Materials
Bronze, 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
$3,255 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Outstanding French Ormolu Lamp
Located in Swadlincote, GB
Top quality French white mottled glass and gilt ormolu mounted table lamp, in excellent condition, rewired and ready for use.
24" high
6" square
32" with shade
You are welcome to ...
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20th Century French Louis Philippe Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Ormolu Mounted Celadon Porcelain Pâte-sur-pâte Vase-Form Lamp
Located in London, GB
Ormolu mounted Celadon Porcelain Pâte-sur-pâte vase-form lamp
French, late 19th century
Measures: Height 54cm, width 21cm, depth 17cm
Consisting of gilt bronze mounts atop pâte-...
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
$4,941 Sale Price
20% Off
pair of French 19th century Belle Epoque Period Marble and Ormolu lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Epoque Period white Carrara marble and Ormolu lamps. Each wonderful urn mounted into a lamp is raised by a...
Category
19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
True Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Patinated Bronze Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and very high quality true pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and patinated bronze lamps. Each lamp is raised by an elegant patinated bronze base with fine m...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Two Antique Cloisonné Enamel and Gilt Bronze Lamps
Located in London, GB
These antique lamps feature beautiful Chinese cloisonné enamel bodies and fine French gilt bronze (ormolu) mounts.
Each item is comprised of two light sockets, which are attached ...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze, Enamel
$10,432 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair Antique French Napoleon III Ormolu Mounted Red Marble Lamps w/ Silk Shades
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair antique French Napoleon III Classic style red marble and ormolu mounted lamps with handmade silk shades, circa 1875-1885.
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
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
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Chinese Sang Du Boeuf vase / lamp, 1860
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very decorative early 19th Century Chinese Export, Sang Du Boeuf porcelain vase with wonderful French gilded ormolu Rococo style collar and base.
Batch 83 63435 DNKZZ
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19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Pair Louis XVI Ormolu Malachite Amethyst Quartz Rock Crystal Candelabra
Located in London, GB
Pair Louis XVI Ormolu Malachite Amethyst Quartz Rock Crystal Candelabra
French, Early 20th Century
Height 92cm, width 43cm, depth 43cm
This exquisite pair of girandoles, dating fro...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Amethyst, Malachite, Quartz, Rock Crystal, Ormolu
Antique Chinese Blue Ground Porcelain, Ormolu Mounted Lamp, E.F. Caldwell
Located in New York, NY
A very fine antique Chinese Royal blue ground porcelain and antique American Louis XVI style doré bronze-mounted table lamp by E.F. Caldwell, unsign...
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20th Century American Louis XVI Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
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
Materials
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
Chinese Sang Du Boeuf vase / lamp, 1860
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very decorative early 19th Century Chinese Export, Sang Du Boeuf porcelain vase with wonderful French gilded ormolu Rococo style collar and base.
Batch 83 63435 DNKZZ
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19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Bronze, Ormolu and Marble Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated bronze, ormolu, and Vert de Patricia marble candelabra lamps. Each six arm lamp is raise...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu And Calacatta Marble Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Calacatta marble lamp. This beautiful lamp is raised on a circular Calac...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
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
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
Pair of Gilt Bronze and Faience Lamps, Attributed to Théodore Deck
Located in London, GB
These beautiful table lamps have been attributed to Joseph-Théodore Deck, one of the most important ceramicists of the 19th century. Deck was the director of a prestigious faience workshop which was based in France. He was well known for his high-quality ceramic wares, which were often designed in Islamic and Chinese styles.
The lamps are designed in a Persian manner. Each lamp is fitted with a gilt bronze (ormolu) light fixture which holds two bulbs. The lamps' bodies are crafted from faience (tin-glazed earthenware) and feature cylindrical necks and bulbous lower bodies. These bodies are decorated with stylised flowers, leafy vines, and Persian script...
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Late 19th Century French Islamic Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
$13,177 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of Gilt Bronze Mounted Faience Lamps by Deck
Located in London, GB
These beautiful table lamps are by Théodore deck, one of the most important ceramicists of the 19th Century, and Gagneau Frères, a leading bronzier. Deck was the director of a prestigious faience workshop which was based in France. He was well known for his high-quality ceramic wares, which were often designed in Islamic and Chinese styles.
The lamps are designed in a Persian manner. Each lamp is fitted with a gilt bronze light fixture, signed Gagneau Frères. The lamps' bodies are crafted from faience (tin-glazed earthenware) and feature cylindrical necks and bulbous lower bodies. These bodies are decorated with stylized flowers, leafy vines, and Persian script...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
$13,177 Sale Price / set
20% Off
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
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of 19th Century Gilded Ormolu Lamps
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of French 19th century gilded ormolu lamps, each having two putti seated on a scrolling foliate base.
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
$2,470 / set
Pair of Chinese, Crackle Finish, Celadon Porcelain Vases with Gilt Bronze Mounts
Located in New York, NY
A fine pair of Chinese Celadon Crackle finish porcelain vases mounted in beautiful two-toned French gilt bronze mounts in the Louis XVI style, which are finely hand chiseled. Porcela...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of French Chinoiserie Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Porcelain Oil Lamps
By Bayeux
Located in London, GB
Each oil lamp in this pair is wrought from gilt bronze and Bayeux porcelain and is designed in the chinoiserie style so prominent in French art during the latter 19th century. Each l...
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19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
$8,235 Sale Price / set
20% Off
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
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...
Category
19th Century French Louis XIV 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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