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Material: Ormolu
Antique Louis XVI Revival Vitrine
Located in Hanover, MA
PRICE DISCOUNTED FROM $6500 FOR 1STDIBS SATURDAY SALE – ONE WEEK ONLY. NO ADDITIONAL DISCOUNTS, NO HOLDS. ITEM WILL BE RETURNED TO REGULAR PRICING AFTER 7 DAYS.
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
$2,500 Sale Price
61% Off
A pair French 19th century Louis XVI st. Sévres Porcelain and Ormolu urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and large scale pair French 19th century Louis XVI st. Sévres Porcelain and Ormolu urns. Each stunning vase is raised on a handsome square Ormolu base with concave and ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th century Belle Epoque Period Louis XVI st. Ormolu chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and most elegant French 19th century Belle Epoque Period Louis XVI st. Ormolu chandelier. The exceptional six arm six light chandelier is centered at the bottom by a charm...
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19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century French Ormolu Fireplace Chenets Decorated with Dogs
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th century French ormolu bronze fireplace chenets, decorated with two dogs facing each other standing on square plinths decorated with cast resets, joined together by a pie...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair Antique French Sevres Porcelain Champleve Ormolu Ewers Signed Rochette 1890
Located in Portland, OR
A very fine & large pair of 19th century antique French Sevres Porcelain, ormolu and champleve enamel, handpainted ewers, signed "C. Rochette", circa 1890.
Each ewer having a finely cast & gilded bronze rococo handle, each neck is decorated with exquisite champleve enamel. Each ewer having a dark blue porcelain baluster shaped body, with two oval hand-painted reserves each with a courting couple signed "C. Rochette", both reserves are surrounded with lavish gilding & at the base of each painted panel are the Sevres interlaced L's. To the rear are corresponding panels also finely handpainted with landscape scenes, the ewers are raised on champleve socle bases and with onyx plinths below.
Condition of both ewers is excellent, a very beautiful pair of exqusite late 19th century Sevres ewers...
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1890s French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Bronze and Ormolu Vases
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A superb pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period patinated bronze and ormolu vases. Each vase is raised by a square patinated bronze base with concave corners a...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
A French 19th/20th Century Louis XV Style Tulipwood Marquetry Writing Table/Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Fine French 19th/20th Century Louis XV Style Tulipwood Marquetry and Gilt-Bronze Mounted Ladies Writing Table or Desk. The single drawer center table surmounted on each corner with...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$11,138 Sale Price
24% Off
Sèvres Style Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Centrepiece Bowl
Located in London, GB
This exquisite centrepiece bowl was created in the late 19th century in an 18th century Rococo style popularised by the Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory.
The centrepiece is composed o...
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Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
$13,173 Sale Price
20% Off
An Important Serpentine Fronted Tombeau Shaped Commode, 18th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
An Important Serpentine Fronted Tombeau Shaped Kingwood Commode, 18th Century
The moulded Rouge de Maine marble top above two short and two long drawers, each centred by foliated es...
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Victorian Ormolu Mounted Marquetry Envelope Card Table 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a wonderful antique Victorian ormolu-mounted envelope card table, circa 1880 in date.
The card table is made from superb quality Gonçalo Alves, has the most striking musical...
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1880s English Victorian Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Classic French Transition Marble Top Side Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gorgeous 18th century French transition side table with marble top. Beautiful marquetry details and bronze ormolu.
Category
Mid-18th Century French French Provincial Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
19th Century Ormolu-Mounted Amboyna & Lacquer Cabinet by Henry Dasson of Paris
By Henry Dasson
Located in London, GB
An Ormolu-Mounted Amboyna and Lacquer Bonheur-du-Jour
by Henry Dasson
Constructed from mahogany with amboyna burl and mounted with finely cast and hand-chased gilt bronze, surmounte...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Antique Italian Pietra Dura Occasional Table, Early 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique Italian circular marble top occasional table decorated with ormolu mounts, early 20th century in date.
It is masterfully crafted in walnut and raised ...
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1910s Italian Vintage Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Malachite, Marble, Ormolu
Large Louis XV Style Ormolu Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
The central circular dial surmounted by two love birds, the lower section with two cherubs on either side, and decorated with garlands of flowers and scrolling features throughout.
Category
Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
Pair of Napoleon III Lacquer Commodes À Vantaux by by Winckelsen
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Pair of Napoléon III Gilt-Bronze, Chinese Lacquer And Ebonised Side Cabinets
By Charles-Guillaume Winckelsen, Paris.
Signed 'Chles WINCKELSEN 21 Rue St Louis', Paris.
Each ...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Gilt Bronze and Glass Side Table by Pace Collection
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gilt bronze and glass side table by Pace Collection.
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1970s American Vintage Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Kingwood, Gilt Bronze and Vernis Martin Side Cabinet
Located in London, GB
Antique kingwood, gilt bronze and vernis Martin side cabinet
French, 19th Century
Height 116cm, width 97cm, depth 44cm
This kingwood cabinet is an exquisite piece of antique Fren...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
$13,173 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Louis XVI Style Mahogany, Ormolu and Marble Cabinet by Mercier Frères
Located in London, GB
Antique Louis XVI style mahogany, Ormolu and marble cabinet by Mercier Frères,
French, 19th century
Height 98cm, width 223cm, depth 55cm
Standing on toupie feet, this cabinet is...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
$49,402 Sale Price
20% Off
French 19th century Charles X st. patinated Bronze and Ormolu chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and high quality French 19th century Charles X st. patinated Bronze and Ormolu chandelier. The wonderful six arm patinated green chandelier is centered by a bottom Ormolu ...
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19th Century French Charles X Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Louis XV Style Antique Rococo Fireplace in Fleur de Pecher Marble
Located in London, GB
A charming and imposing Louis XV style antique Rococo chimneypiece in Fleur de Pecher Marble with exceptional ormolu mounts by Francois Linke (1855-194...
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Early 1900s French Rococo Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
$151,500 Sale Price
20% Off
Louis XVI style ormolu clock set, C19th
Located in Brighton, Sussex
This exquisite 19th-century French clock set features a stunning combination of gilded ormolu and verde marble. The centerpiece clock is elegantly adorned with intricate gilded detai...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
A Louis XV Style Lacquer Commode, by Maxime Secrétant, Paris
By Maxime Secretant
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An Important Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Lacquer Commode, by Maxime Secrétant, Paris.
Of bombé outshape with Portor marble top. The front with two deep drawers and applied with superb gilt-bronze foliate and rocaille mounts. The whole finished in exquisite black and gold Japanese lacquer depicting mountain landscapes and temples. Raised on cabriole legs.
Stamped with marque au fer ‘M. SECRETANT / 1918’ and with a fleur-de-lys within a shield. The mounts incised to the back ‘M.S.L.’ and numbered ‘2422, 2524, 2525, and 2528’.
France, Dated 1918.
This magnificent commode is a direct copy of a famous model in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Acquired by the museum in 1882, it forms part of the Jones Collection (inv. 1105-1882). Dated to 1760-1765, it is attributed to Bernard van Risenburgh...
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1910s French Louis XV Vintage Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Art Deco Monumental Lantern by Sabino
Located in Bridgewater, CT
A monumental French Art Deco chandelier, lantern-type by Ernest Sabino, from circa 1935, comprised of multiple molded glass and frosted glass panels in a gilt bronze frame.
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$17,500 Sale Price
30% Off
19th Century French Art Nouveau Ormolu-Mounted Blue Porcelain Bowl
Located in London, GB
An Art Nouveau Ormolu-Mounted Porcelain Bowl
The large porcelain bowl with a striking dark blue glaze, the foot with an ormolu rim and the lip of the bowl set with a pierced ormolu ...
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Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique 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
19th Century French Gilt Bronze and Crystal Cage Chandelier
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Elegant twelve-light Louis XV style chandelier of gilt bronze with large crystal plaquettes and spires from the mid to late 19th century.
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
$12,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Louis XV Style Vintage Pair of Ormolu Parquetry 1950s Nightstands
Located in Lomita, CA
This pair of French style Louis XV nightstands are spectacular. The silhouette is beautiful with the elegant legs that rest on "little shoes." They are from the mid 20th century.
The set is constructed from kingwood veneered banded inlaid wood, and accented with ormolu, mounted on bombe two-drawer stands. They were made in Egypt...
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20th Century Egyptian Louis XIV Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and most impressive French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu chandelier. This important fifteen light chandelier is centered by striking and wonderfully executed tied g...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Fine Pair of Early 19th Century Bronze and Ormolu Campana Shaped Urns
Located in London, GB
A pair of early 19th century bronze and ormolu Campana shaped urns, having moulded and beaded rims with satire mask handles, raised on leaf decorat...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Rare 19th Century English Writing Desk
Located in London, GB
A magnificent Bonheur du Jour of exhibition quality, in the Louis XV manner attributed to Holland & Sons
Lovingly constructed in Bois Citronnier, and Purpleheart woods, with exten...
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1860s English Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French Gilt Bronze and Pink Porcelain Jewellery Box by Tahan
By Tahan Paris
Located in London, GB
French gilt bronze and pink porcelain jewellery box by Tahan.
French, late 19th Century
Measures: height 13cm, width 18cm, depth 13cm.
This fine jewellery casket by the French m...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$3,842 Sale Price
20% Off
C19th French Gilded ormolu Clock set.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A French late 19th Century Louis XVI style gilded ormolu clock set. The clock having a classical urn mounted to the top, Lion mask drop handles either...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French Regency Empire Ormolu Bronze Candelabra Pierre-Philippe Thomire, Pair
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning rare pair of French empire ormolu and patinated bronze three light candelabra. First quarter of the 19th century, possibly Regency period.
Attributed to Pierre-Philippe T...
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19th Century French Regency Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French Mahogany Art Nouveau Writing Desk Signed Louis Majorelle
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Signed ‘Louis Majorelle’ Art Nouveau desk with the sinuous lines and curves typical of the style. Four curved-front drawers retaining their original ormol...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
A pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Glass and Ormolu vases
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A unique and large scale pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Glass and Ormolu vases. This stunning pair of vases are raised by Ormolu bases in the design of intertwined scrolli...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French Louis XV Period Tric Trac or Backgammon Table Stamped P. Roussel
Located in Pembroke, MA
French Louis XV period (18th century) "Tric Trac" or Backgammon table stamped by the maker, "P. Roussel," and the guild "JME" (Jurande des Menuisiers et Ebenistes --translated as the...
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Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu cassolette candlesticks
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and small scale pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu cassolette candlesticks. Each elegant candlestick is raised by a circular base with a finely chased laurel...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French Louis XV Ormolu Clock of Hannibal and Scipio Signed Amant
Located in London, GB
Are antique French Louis XV ormolu mantel clock of Hannibal and Scipio signed Amant. This rare and unusual clock, in extremely fine condition an...
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1770s French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French Empire Gilt Bronze Ormolu Mottled Marble & Satinwood Pedestals, a Pair
Located in Germantown, MD
An elegant pair French 19th century Empire style ormolu mounted with marble top inset and 4 side corner mounted veined green marble columns over conforming tapered base and fine chis...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, 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
18th Century Porcelain Snuff Tobacco Box with Ormulu Gilt Decorations
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Mid-18th Century porcelain snuff tobacco box with Ormulu gilt embossed relief and with empire classical motives. The inside of the lid is decorated with colorful flowers.
Wonderful a...
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Mid-18th Century European Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$1,760 Sale Price
44% Off
Swedish Black Lacquered and Gilt Chinoiserie Tall Case Clock, Lanner, Circa 1775
By Josua Lanner
Located in Charleston, SC
Swedish black lacquered and gilt Chinoiserie tall case clock with arched decorative floral hood, flanking finials, turned bulbous columns, ormolu and steel engraved face, figural flo...
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1770s Swedish Gustavian Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Steel
French Art Nouveau Grandfather Clock
Located in Queens, NY
French Art Nouveau bronze dore grandfather clock with marble & onyx pedestal top and base. *Not working
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Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Onyx, Ormolu
French 19th Century Transitional St. Kingwood, Tulipwood and Ormolu Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French 19th century Louis XV st. Rosewood, Kingwood, Tulipwood, ormolu, and Incarnat Turquin marble desk. The three drawer desk is raised by slender cabriole legs with fin...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
19th century French ormolu and marble figural mantel clock
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century ormolu and marble figural mantel clock circa 1870.
Parisian made mantel clock with 'foy a paris' marked on the white enamel clock face...
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Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French Gilt Bronze and Malachite Centre Table
Located in London, GB
French gilt bronze and malachite centre table
French, 20th Century
Height 79cm, diameter 69cm
This very elegant 20th century French...
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20th Century French Empire Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Malachite, Ormolu
$26,347 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Export Famille Verte Porcelain & French Ormolu Chinoiserie Centerpiece
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and large 19th century Chinese export famille verte porcelain and French figural ormolu-mounted Chinoiserie style centerpiece jardinière, in the manner of Edward Holmes Baldock (1777-1845). The circular-ovoid porcelain bowl or cachepot, maybe 18th century Jiaqing period (unverified), decorated with a blue and purple ground background with parcel gilt depicting pagodas, trees, mountains and landscape scenes, flanking scrolled handles issuing from the base and ending with a finely chased ormolu pierced acanthus rim. The two ends with a projected mask of Chinese Imperial lions or foo dogs, surmounted and raised on six finely chased ormolu masks of Bacchus satyrs flanked by seashell-like mounts. The Ormolu, circa Paris, 1880. The Porcelain circa 1800 (Maybe 18th century.)
Measures: Height: 15 3/4 inches (40 cm.)
Overall width: 21 inches (53.4 cm.)
Depth: 17 inches (43.2 cm.)
Edward Holmes Baldock (1777-1845) was a prominent London furniture dealer to the Royal Family, father of Edward Holmes Baldock.
He was first listed in the London trade directories in 1805. That listing had him operating out of No.7 Hanway Street in London, where he was described as selling "china and glass". An updated listing in 1821 described his business as "an antique furniture and ornamental furniture dealer", and in 1826 as a buyer and seller of "china, cabinets, screens, bronzes etc".
Between 1832 and 1837 he sold earthenware and glass products to William IV, and upon the ascendancy of Queen Victoria in 1837, sold china until his death in 1845. Baldock was one of the first antique dealers and is similar to the 18th century marchands-merciers Dominique Daguerre and Simon-Philippe.
He was the father of Edward Holmes Baldock (1812-1875), a British Conservative Party politician, and of Mary Frances Baldock, wife of the philatelist W. A. S. Westoby.
Famille Verte
Famille verte (????, Kangxi wucai...
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19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$28,950 Sale Price
40% Off
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
$24,152 Sale Price
20% Off
French Empire Style Bronze Dore Eagle Chandelier
Located in Queens, NY
French Empire-style (19th Century) bronze dore chandelier having 6 arms with eagle heads emanating from a 6 sided tapered center post with a bottom acorn finial.
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Fine Quality Pair of Regency Period Candelabra
Located in Steyning, West sussex
The diamond and step cut base supporting an ormolu twin branch of dragon form this surmounted by richly cut drop hung drip pans and candle nozzles the candelabra centred by drop hung...
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1820s Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$11,321 / set
Rare 19th Century Louis XIV Style 'Boulle' Marquetry Console Table
Located in London, GB
A Louis XIV Style Brass-Inlaid Marquetry Console Table
After the design by André-Charles Boulle
Constructed from ebony, with excellent hand-chased and gilded bronze mounts, the shap...
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19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
Rococo Style Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock with Sèvres Style Porcelain Plaques
Located in London, GB
Rococo style gilt bronze mantel clock with Sèvres style porcelain plaques
French, late 19th Century
Measures: Height 45cm, width 32cm, depth 15cm
This fine mantel clock is a cha...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
$4,940 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare 20th Century Mahogany Dressing Table with Electrical Lights
Located in London, GB
A remarkable ladies dressing table made by the Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. of London for his Highness Nawab Sir Sadiq Mohammed Khan Abbasi the V of Bahawalpur.
Constructed in mahogany in the form of a kneehole desk with a modesty screen, rising from Chippendale style carved bracket feet, the banks of pedestals fitted with lockable faux drawers to the left, concealing a safe, and drawers to the right, fitted with ormolu chased swan neck handles; the lockable and hinged panelled top rising to reveal an adjustable triptych bevelled dressing mirror, with provisions for a pair of scallop shaded electrical lights, and having an enclosed body, fitted with an array of cut-glass unguent bottles, all with silver tops, Hall marked for 1929/30, enamelled with an Art Deco design, and bearing wonderfully detailed portraits of His Highness in regal dress...
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20th Century English Art Deco Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Silver, Enamel, 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
$131,739 Sale Price / set
20% Off
French 19th Century Empire Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Decorative Jewelry Box
Located in Firenze, IT
This French Empire 19th century rectangular porcelain dresser box or jewlery decorative casket has a wonderfully patinated powder blue/cerulean light blue background color and features grotesque masks, architectural vase, fruit, flowers and leafy scrolled design throughout painted as a trompe l’oeil in the round. Ormolu mounts enrich the whole box.
The paintings on this casket are striking as is the color palette used, a wonderful mix of light purple, cream, blue and soft brown.
The lid is centered by a grotesque mask inspired by antiquity. The front, back and sides are profusely decorated with architectural elements, cartouches and volutes. The design is centered by a vase with a fruit arrangement that appear to be plums. The decoration could refer to the allegory of autumn and the mask painted on the lid could refer to Bacchus.
Both the color of the porcelain and the paintings are very unusual and a sign of high quality and uniqueness.The box was most probably given to a high-ranking lady as a gift on the occasion of her marriage, or perhaps after the birth of a child.
The lidded box is fitted with ormolu mounts, hinges and clasp. A gilt bronze band finelly chiseled in the form of a rope adorns the upper part. The trinket box rests on four gilt bronze lion paw feet.
This striking French porcelain box...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Large Antique 19th Century Russian Ormolu Chandelier
Located in London, GB
Large antique 19th century Russian ormolu chandelier
Russian, Late 19th Century
Height 133cm, diameter 124cm
This grand chandelier, crafted in Russia during the late 19th century, ...
Category
Late 19th Century Russian Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$104,293 Sale Price
20% Off
Exceptional Pair of French Ormolu-Mounted Parquetry and Marquetry Side Tables
Located in Queens, NY
An exceptional pair of Louis XVI style french ormolu-mounted parquetry and marquetry side tables, late 19th-early 20th century, in the manner of RVLC.
These tables are truly excep...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair Of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu candelabras. Each two arm candelabra is raised by a circular mottled base with fine beaded and twisted ri...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
true pair of French 19th century Napoleon III period Ebony and Ormolu cabinets
By Befort Jeune
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most impressive true pair of French 19th century Napoleon III period Ebony, Brass, Ormolu and white Carrara marble Boulle cabinets, attributed to Befort Jeune. Each tr...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
French 19th-20th Century Louis XVI Style Mahogany and Ormolu-Mounted Vitrine
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very Fine French 19th-20th century Louis XVI style mahogany and ormolu-mounted four-door vitrine, with two central bombé glass doors and single bombé glass doors on each side, the fluted mahogany...
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Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$26,850 Sale Price
40% Off
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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