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Material: Ormolu
Nice Late 19th Century Gilt and Patinated Bronze Three Piece Clock Set
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Nice Late 19th Century Gilt and Patinated Bronze Three Piece Clock Set
The heavily bronze mounted clock with three putti, bronze designs of flowers, birds and instruments, sitting...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Large Ormolu-Mounted and Silvered-Bronze and Rouge Griotte Marble Centerpiece
Located in New York, NY
An Exquisite Ormolu-Mounted and Silvered-Bronze and Rouge Griotte Marble Centerpiece.
A mask in the front and reverse, flanked by female terms suspending fruiting swags.
Origin:...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th Century Empire St. Mahogany and Ormolu Center Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and most decorative French 19th century Empire St. mahogany and ormolu center table. The circular table is raised by fine bun feet below elegant scrolled legs with hand...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Grand Figural Cartel Clock, After a Design by Gilles-Marie Oppenord
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An Important and Extremely Rare Grand Figural Cartel Clock, After a Design by Gilles-Marie Oppenord.
Of grand proportions and of exceptional quality this rare cartel clock is after...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Baccarat Cave à Liqueur with Sèvres Porcelain
By Baccarat
Located in New Orleans, LA
Notable for its incredible marquetry case and beautifully embellished Baccarat crystal, this handsome 19th-century cave à liqueur consists of three decanters and 16 cordial glasses. ...
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19th Century French Rococo Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Mahogany and Ormolu Mounted Commode De Chateau
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and grand scale French mid 19th century Louis XVI style flamed mahogany and ormolu mounted Commode de Chateau after a model by Guillaume Beneman, Joseph Stöckel and att...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
19th Century Pair of Sèvres Style Ormolu Mounted Cobalt Blue Porcelain Vases
Located in New York, NY
An important pair of ormolu-mounted cobalt blue Sèvres Porcelain vases with hand painted portrait and scenes to the front and back.
Date...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XV Style Mahogany Vitrine by François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted mahogany bombé vitrine by François Linke.
Signed to the corner clasp 'F. Linke'.
This elegant...
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Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Sevres Blue Ground Porcelain Two Handle Ovoid Vase
Located in Astoria, NY
Sevres Blue Ground Porcelain Gilt Metal Mounted Two Handle Ovoid Vase, late 19th century, with ram's head mounts, the body painted with a romantic scene titled "Serment D'Aimer Tout...
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Metal, Ormolu
A Near Pair of Vitrine Cabinets, by François Linke, Paris
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Near Pair of Belle Epoque Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany Vitrine Cabinets, by François Linke, Paris
Each with shaped brêche d’alep marble top. The central doors and flaking glazed p...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
19th Century Louis XVI Style Champleve Enamel Clock Set
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality, 19th century French gilded ormolu and champleve enamel clock garniture. The clock has a cherub on either side, an urn with swags to the top, 'C' scroll and folia...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
Rococo Style Gilt Bronze and Sèvres Style Porcelain Clock Garniture
Located in London, GB
This large and impressive clock garniture set consists of a central clock and a pair of flanking vases. The three pieces are extremely finely decorated with painted cartouches of fly...
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Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
A French 19th Century Louis XV Style Kingwood Parquetry Ladies Writing Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Fine French 19th Century Louis XV Style Kingwood and Tulipwood Parquetry and Figural Ormolu Mounted Ladies Writing Desk with Figures of Ram-Heads. The lockplate by Thomas Elsley Lt...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$9,450 Sale Price
24% Off
French Empire Desk work table, wood , ormolu , Bureau Plat
Located in Valladolid, ES
One of a kind and Amazing Large Empire French writing desk or bureau plat with embossed black leather top, bronze dore mounts, column legs, and five .drawers.
Spectacular French wor...
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1810s French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$6,480 Sale Price
20% Off
Palatial Pair of Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Malachite Candelabra
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Palatial Pair of Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Six Light Malachite Candelabra
Finely casted gilt bronze and rococo and foliate arms above a spiraled carved malachite body with bronze handles, supported on thick square bases.
Malachite is a semi-precious stone and also a valuable copper ore, hydrous copper carbonate. It is a beautiful green earth stone...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Malachite, Bronze, Ormolu
Empire Style Ormolu and Malachite Center Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A large and impressive Empire style Gilt Bronze & Malachite center table. The table features a circular top, which has been beautifully inlaid with malachite and edged with gilt bron...
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20th Century French Empire Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Malachite, Ormolu
Antique 19th Century French Empire Style Cut Crystal and Ormolu Chandelier.
By Baccarat
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique 19th Century French Empire Style Finest Cut Crystal and Ormolu Chandelier.
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Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
French Antique Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Chinoiserie Commode
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A magnificent 19th century French Louis XV style Chinoiserie ebonized lacquered gilt bronze-mounted commode. Of serpentine bombé form with a marble top, containing two drawers, the f...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. blue Sévres Porcelain, Ormolu lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. cobalt blue Sévres Porcelain and Ormolu lamps. Each beautiful lamp is raised on a fine square Ormolu base with concave corners and a socle pedestal above which displays draping acanthus leaves, fluted designs around the neck, and a band of foliate decorations above. Supporting the cobalt blue Sévres Porcelain body is a dentil patterned Ormolu bottom mount. The porcelain body is adorned with scrolling foliate Ormolu handles on either side. The socle shaped Ormolu top cap is decorated by a laurel vine band...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Vintage Meuble Francais Ormolu Mounted Burr Walnut Cocktail Cabinet 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a stupendous vintage Meuble Francais Empire Revival burr walnut and ormolu mounted cocktail cabinet with fitted and mirrored interior, of the ...
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1970s Empire Revival Vintage Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Palatial Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Vitrine by François Linke
Located in Long Island City, NY
A palatial and superb early 20th century gilt bronze Mounted Louis XVI style Mahogany Vitrine by François Linke
François Linke
The arched top with scrolled corners and centered by a laurel wreath and crossed acanthus branches, above a central large door at top by a lyre on drapery-covered plinth, flanked by scrolling acanthus, with a smaller door to each side hung with floral swags and with central oval plate, the divides cast with a slender flower-filled vase, the interior with adjustable shelves and drawers to the bottom, on shaped foliate-cast plinth and acanthus-capped tapering feet.
Inscribed F. Linke to the top right bronze mount and stamped “C LINKE” on the back of the locks.
Linke was born in Pankraz in Bohemia and was celebrated by the French as one of the greatest ébénistes of meubles de style at the turn of the century. He began his apprenticeship with a Bohemian master at the age of thirteen. Four years later, he toured Austria, settling and working in Vienna for two years. Linke arrived in Paris in 1875, and by 1881 he had established his own small workshop at 170 rue du Faubourg St. Antoine. Taking 18th century styles as his starting point and adapting earlier styles to contemporary taste, Linke produced fine quality furniture, steadily expanding his business during the next 20 years. He firmly established his reputation after receiving a gold medal at the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1900 for his extraordinary Grand Bureau. He continued to use international fairs as a means of exploring new markets, exhibiting at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, the Liege in Belgium and the 1908 Franco-British exhibition in London. Linke’s highly original designs sprang from the Régence and Rococo styles but were imbued with something quite new – Rococo curves were laden with gilt-bronze sculptural mounts in the tradition of A.-C. Boulle (1642-1732) or Charles Cressent (1685-1758). Stylistically, the new designs still adhered to the Rococo; the novelty, however, was Linke’s fusion of the Rococo with the liveliness and the fluidity of the ‘art nouveau’. The Revue called Linke’s creations entierement nouveau, and continued to say that ‘Linke’s stand...
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Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Cloisonne Enamel and Gilt Bronze Clock Set
Located in London, GB
This wonderful cloisonne enamel clock set is an artful piece of design in the neoclassical style: each piece is elaborately applied with turquoi...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze, Enamel
$16,422 / set
French Mahogany Marble Top Ormolu Chest of Drawers. Circa 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
French mahogany marble top chest with graduated book matched drawers, original gilt floral ormolu mounts, and terminating on rounded block feet. Early 19th Century
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1810s French Louis Philippe Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XV St. Ormolu And Baccarat Crystal Centerpiece
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stately and very attractive French 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal centerpiece. The centerpiece bowl is raised by front and back "S" scrolled pierced supports...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Chinese Enamel and French Gilt Bronze Chinoiserie Jardinière
Located in London, GB
Chinese enamel and French gilt bronze Chinoiserie jardinière
The enamel Chinese and the gilt bronze French, 19th century
Measures: Height 40cm, width 53cm, depth 30cm.
This Chin...
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19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze, Enamel
Large Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mantel Clock, 19th Century
By Henri Voisin
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A Fine quality French 19th century gilded ormolu and white marble mantel clock in the Louis XVI style. Having a two handled urn to the top with flowers and garlands draping down to t...
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Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Three Piece Sèvres Style Clock Set
Located in Long Island City, NY
Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Three Piece Cobalt Blue Sèvres Style Clock Set
Comprising: a round clock with a final with two birds; a pair of five-light candleabra with sc...
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19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Ormolu & Agate Mounted Easel Photo Frame, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique ormolu and agate mounted easel photograph frame, circa 1880 in date.
The arched backplate features a wavy edge border having a pair of spring loaded a...
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1880s Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Agate, Ormolu
Pair of French Napoleanic Sèvres Porcelain and Ormolu Covered Vases/Pot Pourries
Located in New York, NY
A pair of highly important and rare antique French Napoleonic gilt bronze mounted, cobalt blue, double handled, Royal Napoleonic Sèvres style porcela...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$21,440 Sale Price / set
20% Off
French 19th Century Belle Époque Period Bronze, Marble, and Ormolu Bust
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period ormolu, patinated bronze and Rouge Griotte marble bust of a young lady. The bust is raised by a squ...
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19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Louis XV Style Gilt and Patinated Bronze Mantel Clock by Balthazar
By Michel Baltazar
Located in London, GB
This mantel clock beautifully illustrates the classical myth of ‘The Abduction of Europa’. In this story, the god Zeus falls in love with a mortal woman called Europa. To seduce her, Zeus transforms himself into a white bull. Europa then mounts the bull and Zeus whisks her away from her home to Crete. Europa becomes the Queen of Crete and bears Zeus several children.
The clock takes the form of a patinated bronze bull which is saddled with a gilt bronze (ormolu) clock case. This case features a circular white enamel dial with black Roman and Arabic Numerals, as well as the maker’s name ‘Michel Baltazar...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu, Bronze
Superb Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Center Table by Francois Linke
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Superb Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Center Table By François Linke
François Linke
The inset shaped marble top above a single drawer centered with a winged cherub head, t...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
French 18th century Régence Period Walnut commode, signed Bernard Van Risenburgh
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional and palatially scaled French 18th century Régence Period Walnut, Ormolu and Sarrancolin marble commode, signed Bernard I Van Risenburgh. This stunning Bombee shaped co...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French Style Art Nouveau Carved Oak Mantel with Gold Acanthus Leaves
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Beautiful French style carved oak mantel in the Art Nouveau genre, with lovely gold applique of crests and acanthus leaves. #5922
H opening 35.5” W opening 35”.
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1920s American Art Nouveau Vintage Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Louis XVI Style Cabinet in the Manner of Grohe Freres
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING a GORGEOUS late 19th Century French Louis XVI STyle Cabinet in the Manner of Grohe Freres.
From circa 1880.
ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS Ormolu mounts...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$7,200 Sale Price
60% Off
A Pair Of English Regency Ormolu and Cut Glass Candelabra, attributed to Blades
By John Blades
Located in New York, NY
Indulge in the timeless elegance of these exquisite English Regency Candelabra, a stunning testament to the craftsmanship of the era. Crafted circa 1820 and attributed to the esteeme...
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19th Century English Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$8,400 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique Pair of English Regency Ormolu Bronze Lusters Candlesticks Candelabra
Located in Dublin, Ireland
A Very Substantial & Large Pair of Regency Period Gilt Bronze Ormolu Single Light Heavy Gauge Candlesticks - Lusters, first half of the Nineteenth Century, of English origin.
Each ...
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19th Century English Regency Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu, Bronze
Ferdinand Barbedienne, a French Ormolu and Champleve Enamel Jardiniere, C. 1870
Located in New York, NY
Ferdinand Barbedienne, A French Ormolu and Champleve Enamel Jardiniere, C. 1870, The Design Attributed to Louis Constant Sevin.
An exceptional qualit...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
King Edward VII Royal Bluthner Piano Exhibited in Paris Exhibition 1900
Located in Leeds, GB
An 1899, Bluthner grand piano with a rosewood case, decorated with Art Nouveau and Empire style elements. It was showcased at the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle. Piano bought by King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in the Coronation year of 1902 to be situated in the ballroom of Malborough House. It was sold in 1936 to Major Maconochie in Bath. This piano is in great original condition having only had two previous owners. A rare opportunity to acquire a royal piano.
The piano cheek side panel is inlaid with an Art Nouveau design featuring a stylised female head surrounded by whiplash lines and foliage. Musical instruments sit centrally in the design. Columnar, Empire style gilt mounts stand each side of the inlay. Napoleonic emblems of stars, palmettes and foliage feature here. Symmetrical female heads with flowing tresses and floral...
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Late 19th Century German Art Nouveau Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Metal, Ormolu
Antique Victorian Amboyna Inlaid Bonheur Du Jour 19th Century
Located in London, GB
Believed by our experts to date from around 1860, this antique Victorian Bonheur Du Jour is an imposing and functional item of furniture that is so typical of the Victorian era.
We ...
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1860s English Victorian Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Brass
18th Century Louis XVI Ormolu and Marble Cercle Tournant Mantel Clock by Lepaute
By Lepaute
Located in London, GB
18th century Louis XVI ormolu and marble cercle tournant mantel clock by Lapaute
French, Late 18th Century
Height 39cm, width 18cm, depth 12cm
Dating from the latter part of the 18...
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Enamel, Ormolu
Mahogany and Gilt Bronze Rococo Pedestal Clock, after Riesener
By Jean-Henri Riesener, Paul Garnier
Located in London, GB
This exquisite gilt bronze-mounted pedestal clock is the creation of the famed French clockmaker Paul Garnier (1801-1861). Garnier worked in Paris during the first half of the 19th C...
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19th Century French Rococo Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Malachite and Gilt Bronze Stands in the Neoclassical Style
Located in London, GB
Pair of malachite and gilt bronze stands in the Neoclassical style
French, 20th century
Measures: Height 88cm, width 47cm, depth 39cm
Each pedestal in this pair, wrought from gilt bronze and malachite, is based on the shape of a Classical Greek tripod...
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20th Century French Neoclassical Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Malachite, Ormolu, Bronze
French 19th Century Empire St. Mahogany, Ormolu and Marble Center Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and impressive French 19th century Empire st. Mahogany, ormolu, and Vert de Patricia marble center table. The rectangular two drawer table is raised by curved statement making legs with an exceptional deer leg...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
19th Century French Empire Style Ormolu Bronze Mantel Clock, c.1870
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th Century French Empire style ormolu bronze mantle clock. The foliate surround gilt dial, Inside with eight day movement with strike on bell. The top mounted with a figure...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French Louis Philippe Gilt Bronze Ornate and Cherubs Fireplace Screen, C 1800s
Located in Germantown, MD
French gilt bronze cherub and decorative floral acanthus.
French gilt bronze freestanding fire screen with centered Cherubs medallion and torch hand...
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Early 19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Iron, Ormolu
$5,250 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique French Napoleon III Ormolu Mounted Mahogany Grandfather Clock Circa 1880
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Napoleon III ormolu mounted mahogany grandfather clock Circa 1885-1890. This is a beautiful clock, with wonderful exotic wood inlays and ormolu finishings. It is in th...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Aesthetic Style Marquetry and Gilt Bronze Wardrobe with Mirror
Located in London, GB
Antique Aesthetic style marquetry and gilt bronze wardrobe with mirror
Continental, early 20th century
Dimensions: Height 202cm, width 154cm, depth 61cm
This beautiful wardrobe ...
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Early 20th Century European Aesthetic Movement Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of French Antique Vernis Martin Commodes by Durand
Located in London, GB
Pair of French antique Vernis Martin commodes by Durand
French, c. 1880
Height 95cm, width 131cm, depth 49.5cm
This exceptional pair of 19th ce...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
$164,701 / set
French 19th Century Empire St. Crouch Mahogany Center Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most handsome French 19th century Empire st. crouch mahogany, ormolu, and Coquillier de Bilbao marble center table. The circular table is raised by three elegant square tapered leg...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Extremely Rare Pair of Ormolu and Crystal Chandeliers in the Louis XVI Style
Located in London, GB
An important pair of ormolu basket chandeliers
In the Louis XVI style
Constructed from gilded bronze of the finest quality with clear crystal cut drops and cascading beads, the pair of chandeliers of rounded basket shape suspended from six decorative foliate-twined ribbons tied to the circular corona with foliage crescendo and dangling tassels beneath; the rim of the basket having patinated bronze panels and a trio of horn-playing putti perched on the ledge interspersed with ribbon-tied vases; all fitted with lights; below; the six ormolu ribs dressed...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted / Molded Glass Napoleon III Centerpiece
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Transport yourself to the grandeur of the 19th century with this exquisite Napoleon III tableware centerpiece. Crafted with meticulous attention to detail, this centerpiece is a harm...
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1830s French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Exceptional Pair of French Ormolu-Mounted Marble Candelabra by Sormani of Paris
By Paul Sormani
Located in London, GB
A Remarkable Pair of Ormolu-Mounted Marble Candelabra
by Sormani of Paris
After the originals by Jean-François Lorta (1752-1837)
Residing at the Louvre
Constructed from the unusual...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Porphyry, Ormolu
A Pair of Large Gilt-Bronze Mounted Sèvres-Style Porcelain Vases
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Pair of Large Gilt-Bronze Mounted Sèvres-Style Cobalt Blue Ground Porcelain Vases and Covers.
Signed 'H. Desprez'.
Each of baluster form. One painted to the front with Louis XV a...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique German Art Nouveau Jewelry Heart Pin Brooch Ormolu with Stone, 1900s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This lovely stylish sentimental brooch was made for a loved one. Made in Germany, circa 1900. The brooch has a red stone and a white stone (probably moonstone) in it.
A very pretty ...
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Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Napoleon III Ormolu & Porcelain Mounted Clock
Located in Astoria, NY
Napoleon III Ormolu and Porcelain Mounted Clock, circa 1860, the white enamel dial with Turkish numerals, the movement strike on bell, surmounted by an urn of flowers, flanked by cor...
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Mid-18th Century French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Clock Garniture with Sèvres Style Porcelain and Ormolu
Located in London, GB
This fantastic porcelain clock garniture contains three vases, one of which has been mounted with a ormolu clock dial with jewels surrounding it. The vases are decorated in the style of the Sèvres Porcelain manufacturers, with cartouches to the front and back. The panels on the front depict ladies and putti in a landscape, while the reverse sides depict riverbanks. The vases are set on ormolu bases with canted angles, and feature twin ormolu handles which take the form of masks. The central vase is surmounted by an ormolu putti...
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19th Century French Rococo Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century French Louis XV Style Bombe Commode Sauteuse
Located in Forney, TX
Elegant and sophisticated antique French Louis XV style kingwood parquetry marble-top commode sauteuse.
Born in France in the 19th century, exquisitely hand-crafted in luxurious 18...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair Of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Bronze, Marble, And Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very unique and finely detailed pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Rouge Griotte marble, patinated Bronze and Ormolu lamps in the manner of Clodion and attributed to Barbedi...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
French Louis XIV Style Ormolu Bronze Armorial Candlesticks Pair, circa 1840
Located in Kinderhook, NY
A beautiful and fine pair of French, circa 1840 Louis Philippe period, Louis XIV baroque revival style finely cast ormolu or fire-gilded solid bronze (bronze doré) candlesticks havin...
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Mid-19th Century French Baroque Revival Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Ormolu Clocks, Lamps and Other Furniture and Decorative Objects for Sale
Antique ormolu furniture and decorative objects can be incorporated into a variety of spaces, and while demand for the material and/or technique was at its peak in Europe during the 18th and 19th centuries, ormolu is still widely loved by designers and collectors today.
What is ormolu?
Ormolu is a brilliant form of decorative trickery. To the untrained eye, ormolu 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. “As the French reputation for supreme art, architecture and furniture developed, the craze for ormolu spread across Europe,” adds Sinai.
Today, antiques collectors and interior designers 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.
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