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Material: Ormolu
19th Century Louis XV Vitrine with Marble Top and Ormolu Mounts
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A stunning French Louis XV-style vitrine dating from the late 19th century, combining elegance, functionality, and fine craftsmanship. This display cabinet features a graceful serpen...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of Louis XVI Ormulu Wall Clocks & Barometers
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Louis XVI-style (Mid-19th Century) ormolu wall clock and barometer set each of banjo form with Apollo mask above putti and ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Metal, Ormolu
$115,000 / set
French 19th century Transitional st. Mahogany and Ormolu armoire, signed Linke
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely high quality French 19th century Transitional st. Mahogany and Ormolu armoire, signed F. Linke. This exceptional two door cabinet is raised on elegant cabrio...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Rare Pair of Famille Rose Porcelain and Ormolu Napoleon III Oil Lamps
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A beautiful French and Asian collaboration of a 19thC pair of Napoleon III Famille Rose porcelain, (from Canton China), and gilt bronze and brass oil lamps that miraculously include ...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$6,000 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique Louis XVI Mahogany & Ormolu Marble Top Ladies Desk C1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
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Antique Louis XVI Mahogany & Ormolu Marble Top Ladies Desk with Faux Book Front C1920.
Measures ...
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20th Century Louis XVI Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$1,320 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Large Rococo Style Gilt-Bronze and Marble Candelabra
Located in London, GB
Pair of large Rococo style gilt-bronze and marble candelabra
French, Late 19th Century
Measures: height 106cm, width 46/53cm, depth 23cm
These superb antique candelabra were mad...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
$19,760 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Henredon Louis XV Style Mahogany Display Cabinet
By Henredon
Located in Astoria, NY
Henredon Louis XV Style Mahogany Stepback Display Cabinet, the top half having four glass panes with a mirrored back and two-door cabinet opening to thr...
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20th Century American Louis XV Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$1,800 Sale Price
35% Off
A Pair of French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Nine-Light Candelabra
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Pair of French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Nine-Light Candelabra. The impressive pair of candelabrum, each on a floral stem base surmounted with nine scrolled candle-ar...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair Louis XV Ormolu Mounted Galleried Tulipwood And Kingwood Table Ambulante
Located in Germantown, MD
A Pair of 19th Century Louis XV style Ormolu Mounted and Galleried Kidney Two-Tier Table Ambulante in Tulipwood And Kingwood construction and fine marquetry. Feature a Single dra...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
A French Ormolu Mounted Kingwood and Vernis Martin Console Table, Circa 1880
By Henry Dasson
Located in Queens, NY
A French Ormolu-Mounted Kingwood and Vernis Martin Marble Top Console Table / Buffet, circa 1880, in the style of Henry Dasson.
Crafted from rich Kingwood in the 19th century, this ...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, 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 Louis XVI Marble Gold Ormolu Gilt Bronze Cercle Tournant Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
Antique Louis XVI Marble Gold Ormolu Gilt Bronze Cercle Tournant Mantel Clock
French, Late 18th Century
Height 40cm, diameter 28cm
Dating to the late 1700s, during the reign of Ki...
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Enamel, Ormolu
$9,331 Sale Price
20% Off
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Surtout De Table Centerpiece
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A magnificent French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and mirrored Surtout de Table centerpiece. The centerpiece is raised by ten elegant topi...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
English Mahogany and Ormolu Partners Desk with Red Leather, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
A Very Fine Partners Library Desk by Holland & Sons
Constructed in mahogany and having splendid gilt bronze accents. Of freestanding pedestal form, rising from plinth bases, dress...
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19th Century English Georgian Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Cranberry Glass and Gilt Metal box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. Cranberry Glass and Gilt Metal box. The wonderful square lidded box is raised by four Gilt Metal butterfly shaped feet s...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of 19th Century Ormolu Mounted Baccarat Crystal Celeste Blue Opaline Vases
By Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
A Pair of 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mounted Baccarat Crystal Celeste Blue Opaline Vases. Each vase is of amphora form with a wide upper mouth that extends downwards ...
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1840s French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Ornate Sevres style Porcelain and Ormolu Putti Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
An antique Sevres style blue porcelain and ormolu Putti chandelier electrified with twelve candle lights. This ornate chandelier features a...
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19th Century Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Vert Antique Lidded Marble Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Vert Antique lidded marble urns. Each urn is raised by a square base with concave corner and a decorative bottom ormolu fillet. The fluted socle pedestal is decorated with a tied berried laurel band and rich foliate movements. At the body are finely detailed ormolu rams heads...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany and marble buffet, signed Grohé
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional and extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany, Ormolu and white Carrara marble buffet, signed Grohé. This stunning buffet is raised on topie sh...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
19th century French ormolu six-candle candelabra
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century French ormolu six-candle candelabra circa 1880.
Fine quality chiselled ormolu craftsmanship on this piece. Stamped with a hexagonal pattern all over. Six arms, five o...
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Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Large French Rococo Style Glass and Gilt Bronze Candelabra
Located in London, GB
Pair of large French Rococo style glass and gilt bronze candelabra
French, 20th Century
Height 160cm, width 78cm, depth 73cm
This striking pair of 20th century French candelabra s...
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20th Century French Louis XV Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$82,337 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Large Pair of Rococo Style Gilt Bronze and Blue Ceramic Vases
Located in London, GB
The two vases are of large, ovoid form, and feature fluted bodies which are crafted in ceramic with a mottled blue colouring. The vases are mounted with twin gilt bronze scrolling ha...
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Early 20th Century French Rococo Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$71,358 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique 19th Century Samson Porcelain & Ormolu Mounted Vases With Cover c.1870
By Edmé Samson
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th Century French Samson porcelain lidded vases feature intricate ormolu bronze mounts gracing both base and lid. The lids are crowned with cherub-shaped finials, adorned w...
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1870s French Other Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Very Large French Figurative Floor-Standing Candelabra
Located in London, GB
Pair of very large French figurative floor-standing candelabra
French, 19th century
Measures: Height 260cm, width 90cm, depth 90cm
This pair of candelabra are each surmounted by...
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19th Century French Baroque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$27,445 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Wonderful Pair French Gilt Dore Bronze Cut Crystal Urn Form Ormolu-Mounted Lamps
By Baccarat
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Pair Of French Gold Gilt Dore Bronze Ormolu & Cut Crystal Urn Form Lamps, Completely Rewired With New Sockets In The Manner Of Baccarat.
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20th Century French Regency Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Putti Table Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine pair of French 19th-20th century Louis XV style figural gilt bronze Putti torchere table lamps on a Rouge Royal base. Each figure representi...
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Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Unusual Gilt Bronzed and Cut Glass Victorian, Twelve-Light Chandelier
By Thomas Abbott
Located in Steyning, West sussex
The top corona with facetted cut jewels this suspending four chain with corrinsponing insets these supporting a richly cut bowl and four foliate three branch candelabra each with sca...
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19th Century British Victorian Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pr. 19th C. English Ormolu Mounted Hand-Diamond Cut Crystal Two-Arm Candelabra
Located in New York, NY
A Pair of Early 19th Century English Ormolu Mounted Hand-Diamond Cut Crystal Two-Arm Candelabra. Each candelabra features finely hand-diamond cut crystal elements mounted with ormolu...
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1810s British Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Mantel Clock
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An enchanting late 19th century French gilded ormolu and marble mantel clock, depicting cherubs playing, one chasing a young girl, the other hiding amongst a wreath and foliage. The ...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
pair of French 19th century Japonisme st. Cloisonné and Ormolu vases
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and high quality pair of French 19th century Japonisme st. Cloisonné and Ormolu vases. Each stunning vase is raised by a square pierced Ormolu base supporting the sumptuou...
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19th Century French Japonisme Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
French Louis XV Style Ormolu and Vernis Martin Vitrine Attributed to F. Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th century Louis XV style ormolu mounted plum pudding mahogany veneer, mahogany and Vernis Martin decorated vitrine à Deux Corps, probably by François Linke (1855-1946). The lower structure fitted with finely chased gilt-bronze mounts with female masks, musical instruments, floral drapes, bows and acanthus, centred with a frieze drawer and a cupboard door with three painted panels. The centre front painted panel with a Romantic courting park setting scene amongst sheep and a sculpture fountain of Putti; the side panels both with parks scenes of a resting lion sculpture and fountain flanked by grassing sheep. The lower cabinet interior with three drawers, the upper vitrine case with two glass shelves, a bowed beveled front door and sides, crowned with a fine gilt-bronze wreath mount with ribbons, all raised on four cabriolet legs with cast lion paw mounts. Unsigned, Paris, circa 1890-1900.
The style of this cabinet is closely related to those produced in the Paris furniture making trade in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine in the 1880s and as such, without a signature or identifying mark, is unattributable. However, there are similarities with the firm Raoux et Brunet, some of whose mounts were designed by Léon Messagé and later used by François Linke. Indeed many of the mounts on this cabinet, whilst not exclusive to him, are very similar to the work produced in his early years in Paris in the 1880s. At this time Linke was making furniture to order...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$64,950 Sale Price
23% Off
French Louis XVI Style Gilt and Patinated Bronze White Marble Cherub Cupid Clock
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French Louis XVI Style gilt and patinated bronze and white marble figural mantel clock with a figure of a drummer cherub. The brown patina cupid, seated on gilt-bronze clouds ...
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Early 1900s French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
$6,850 Sale Price
44% Off
Early 19th Century Empire Ormolu-Mounted Bronze and Marble Mantel Clock
Located in New York, NY
A fine quality empire ormolu-mounted patinated bronze and rouge royale marble mantel clock.
The patinated bronze figures depicting cupid and psyche. Attributed to Pierre-Victor Ledure...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Marble and Ormolu Lidded Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A magnificent and most impressive pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Sarrancolin marble and ormolu lidded urns. Each large scale urn is raised ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Louis XVI Style Mahogany Commode, Attributed to Henry Dasson
By Henry Dasson
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XVI style gilt bronze mounted mahogany commode, in the manner of Martin Carlin, attributed to Henry Dasson.
The lockplate signed to the reverse 'Duvivier, Paris'.
The design for this elegant commode is taken from the celebrated lacquer model by Martin Carlin delivered in 1785 to Madame Victoire, daughter of Louis XV, for her use in the 'grand cabinet' at the Château de Bellevue and today in the collections of the Louvre (OA 5498).
This commode with its Fine gilt bronze mounts and superb quality of construction was undoubtedly made in one of the leading Parisian workshops towards the end of the 19th century. .A popular model versions were made by many of the most important haute luxe...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Dutch Marquetry Mahogany Display Cabinet with Ormolu Mounts c1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Dutch marquetry display curio cabinet offers mahogany construction with arched form with double glass doors opening to shelved interior, satinwood inlay in floral design t...
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Late 19th Century European Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$3,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare and Palatial Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze-Mounted Marquetry Cabinet
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Rare and Palatial Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Louis XVI Style Marquetry and Parquetry Cabinet
A heavy marble top above a bronze frieze with three paneled doors decorated with inlaid floral marquetry designs. The center door with gilt bronze bearded men faces, the bottom is centered by a mask of a beautiful woman with two lion paws on her sides and a pair of floral cornucopia above her. The sides of the cabinet are quartered veneered, standing on six spiral bronze...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Onyx and Ormolu urn/centerpiece
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A high quality and most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. Onyx and Ormolu urn/centerpiece. This beautiful urn is raised by a square Onyx block supported by four Ormolu maiden...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Onyx, Ormolu
French Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Marquetry Table, Beurdeley Attributed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th century Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted Kingwood and Bois Citronnier Marquetry center table or writing table, attributed to Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdeley (Fr...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$62,950 Sale Price
33% Off
Brass and Tortoiseshell Inlaid Boulle Style Ebonised Wood Cabinets
Located in London, GB
Brass and tortoiseshell inlaid Boulle style ebonised wood cabinets
French, late 19th Century
Height 142cm, width 127.5cm, depth 49.5cm
The ma...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Brass, Ormolu, Bronze
$131,739 Sale Price / set
20% Off
England Corner Cabinet with Tiered Shelf
Located in London, GB
This corner unit, crafted from mahogany and gilt bronze, functions as a cabinet and a tiered shelf. The cabinet, quarter-circle shaped in profile, is supported by paw feet and features, to the front, twin curvilinear doors. The doors, which open to a single shelf, feature gilt bronze trellises backed by drapery. Above the cabinet unit are two shelves, the shelves supported by three gilt bronze columns, the columns terminating in gilt bronze pinecone...
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Early 20th Century English Edwardian Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
$4,940 Sale Price
20% Off
A Large 19th Century French Ormolu Mantle Clock In The Rococo Style
Located in Dublin, IE
A fine 19th century and substantial ormolu clock, of Rococo balloon form, sweeping acanthus swags, scrolls and floral flourishes, which is topped by classical cornucopias. The clock ...
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19th Century French Rococo Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Fine Pair of Large Regency Candlesticks by John Blades
By John Blades
Located in Steyning, West sussex
A fine pair of ormolu-mounted radial and diamond cut bases supporting diamond and scalloped cut candle nozzles and drip pans hung with the finest quality double cut iceicles and doub...
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1810s British Regency Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Fine Pair of Early Victorian Amethyst Cornucopia Candlesticks
Located in Steyning, West sussex
A fine pair of early Victorian cornucopias of exceptional quality on white marble bases mounted with finely chased gilt bronze elephant heads supp...
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1840s British Victorian Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Franco-Italian 19th Century Neoclassical Style Gilt-Bronze & Pietra Dura Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very fine Franco-Italian 19th century neoclassical Revival style gilt-bronze and Pietra Dura (or Pietra-Dure) occasional side-table Gueridon. The circular gilt-bronze frame raised ...
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19th Century Italian Neoclassical Revival Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
$19,600 Sale Price
20% Off
French Directoire Period Bisque and Ormolu Mantel Clock Depicting Ariadne
Located in London, GB
French Directoire period bisque and ormolu mantel clock depicting Ariadne. Of Fine quality with sky blue and white bisque porcelain and beautifully contrasting and finely cast mounts...
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Early 1800s French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Large Rococo Ormolu Antique French Clock, Genius of Music
By Vincenti et Cie, Cie Des Bronzes De Bruxelles
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A superb and substantial ormolu clock from a design by the 18th century bronze founder Robert Osmond and made by the famous Compagnie des Bronze of Bruss...
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19th Century French Rococo Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
c1810 Georgian Regency Cut Glass Ormole Candelabra / Candle Holders
Located in Opa Locka, FL
c1810 Pair Expertly Cut Glass w/ Ormolu Candelabra/ Candle Holders. The cut glass is extraordinary, the Ormolu shines. This is a high quality piece of Gorgian history.
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1810s English Georgian Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pair Antique French Louis XV Marble Ormolu Marquetry Wood Pedestals Stands
Located in London, GB
Pair Antique French Louis XV Marble Ormolu Marquetry Wood Pedestals Stands
French, Late 19th Century
Height 142cm, width 44cm, depth 44cm
This elegant pair of pedestals is a stunn...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
$104,293 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Set of twelve Italian 19th century Marble, Ormolu and patinated bronze plaques
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most attractive complete set of twelve Italian 19th century Neo-Classical st. Marble, Ormolu and patinated Bronze plaques of The Twelve Caesars. Each wonderfully decorative plaque ...
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19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Large Antique French Louis XV Style Patinated and Gilt Bronze Clock Set
Located in London, GB
Large antique French Louis XV style patinated and gilt bronze clock set
French, 19th Century
Clock: Height 99cm, width 83cm, depth 32cm
Torchères: Height 113cm, width 33cm, depth 28...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$104,293 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of Monumental French Antique Marble and Bronze Candelabra Torcheres
Located in London, GB
This pair of fine candelabra torcheres take form on a monumental scale, each of them standing almost two and a half metres tall. The casting is superior in its quality and could be attributed to one of the 19th century masters, such as Deniere or Barbedienne. Each torchere is formed of a fluted veined marble column set...
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
$164,674 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Fine 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Center Table by Joseph Zwiener
By Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener, Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Long Island City, NY
An Exceptionally Fine Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Mahogany Center Table By Joseph Zwiener
Joseph Zwiener
The rectangular marble top above a spring loaded ...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Antique French Ormolu Mounted Mahogany Bed, Circa 1860-1880
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Ormolu mounted mahogany bed, circa 1860-1880
Measurements:
Headboard: 56 inches high x 66 inches wide
Exterior Dimensions: 84 inches long x 65 inches wide
Interio...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pair Napoleon III Egyptian Imperial Porphyry Urns and Covers
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A pair Napoleon III Egyptian imperial porphyry urns and covers, each with a shaped cover and baluster body on a concave support and square b...
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1870s French Egyptian Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A superb French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu chandelier. The six arm chandelier is centered by an elegant bottom acorn shaped and twisted ribbon finial below the dome shaped bod...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Large French Neoclassical Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Bed
Located in London, GB
Large French neoclassical style gilt bronze mounted bed
French, late 19th century
Measures: Height 143cm, width 147cm, depth 225cm
This impressive bed is crafted in the neoclassical style from wood, gilt bronze, and red velvet. The bed features a large, shaped headboard, which is centred with a panel of red floral velvet, with the wooden structure of the headboard mounted with a host of gilt bronze mounts including rosettes and pomegranate finials. The footboard of the bed is similarly wrought and adorned, with the columnar sides set with gilt bronze floral garlands and the wooden surfaces veneered in a manner that reveals the grain of the wood. The sideboards of the bed are finished with red velvet. The bed is stamped for Grohé Frères.
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$26,347 Sale Price
20% Off
Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze and Marble Clock Set
Located in Astoria, NY
Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze and Marble Three Piece Clock Set, the clock case with cupola and columnar supports, enameled dial, the movement with mercury compensated pendulum and stri...
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Early 20th Century Louis XVI Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Metal, Bronze, Ormolu
$4,150 / set
Antique Chinese Ormolu Bowl Produced for Export to Islamic Market
Located in London, GB
Antique Chinese ormolu bowl produced for export to Islamic Market
Chinese, early 20th century
Measures: Height 13cm, width 31cm, depth 22cm
This ch...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$3,073 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare French Empire Ormolu Clock of Astronomy Lesson Signed Lafollie a Paris
Located in London, GB
A very rare French Empire ormolu mantel clock of an Astronomy Lesson. I have never seen this model before and it is larger than the other models by Jean Andre Reich. The clock has its original fire/mercury gilt ormolu or bronze doree. The clocks rectangular...
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1810s French 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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Grain Painted
Italian Food Art
H Paul Browning
Italian Silver Vase
Japanese Kitchen
Hand Made Tapestry
Hungarian Flowers