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Material: Ormolu
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

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Ormolu

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

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Marble, Metal, Bronze, Ormolu

19th Century French Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Figural Mantel Clock
Located in New York, NY
A fine quality gilt bronze and porcelain figural mantel clock. The figure of a maiden placing a garland of flowers over the cherub’s head. Origin: French Date: circa 1880 Dimen...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu, Bronze

19th Century English Bonheur Du Jour Attributed To Gillows Of Lancaster
Located in Dublin, IE
A very fine 19th century Burr walnut, ebonised , ormolu and porcelain Bonheur du jour, the superstructure with pierced brass galleries above an open compartment with mirrored interio...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Ormolu Furniture

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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

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Ormolu, Bronze, Enamel

French 19th century Napoleon III Period Ebony, Ormolu and marble cabinet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and high quality French 19th century Napoleon III Period Louis XVI st. Ebony, Ormolu, Giltwood and Rouge Griotte marble cabinet. This exquisite two door single drawer cabi...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Marble, Ormolu

French Empire Period Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
French Empire period gilt bronze mantel clock French, early 19th century Measures: Height 50cm, width 36cm, depth 12cm This mantel clock, wrought from gilt bronze during the French Empire period, features a rectangular base, set above four bun feet, the front of the base adorned with a gilt bronze relief panel...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu, Bronze

Fine Ormolu and Marble Cherub Clock Set by H Luppens Paris
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A large and magnificent clock set by the renown bronze founder H Luppens of Brussels. Classically modelled in the Louis XVI style, the clock features three ormolu cherubs toiling to ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Marble, Ormolu

A Fine French 19th/20th Century Louis XV Style 3-Piece Candelabra Garniture Set
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine French 19th/20th Century Louis XV Style Three-Piece Garniture Set of Ormolu-Mounted Mottled Granite-Marble Urn Seven-Light Candelabras. The shaped urns are similar in var...
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Early 1900s French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Granite, Bronze, Ormolu

Japanese Century Imari Porcelain and French Louis XVI St. Ormolu Centerpiece
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant Japanese 19th century Imari Porcelain and French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu mounted centerpiece. The charming centerpiece is raised by a square Ormolu base with con...
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19th Century Asian Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

French Empire Style Ormolu and Bronze Chandelier
Located in London, GB
French Empire style ormolu and bronze chandelier French, 19th century Measures: Height 100cm, diameter 64cm This chandelier is a beauti...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu, Bronze

19th Century Empire Ormolu Mounted, Partial Gilt Mahogany & Upholstered Chair
Located in Germantown, MD
A 19th century Empire Ormolu Mounted, Partial Gilt Mahogany and Upholstered side Chair. Measure 19" in width, 19" in depth and stand 33" tall. Seat height is 18.5".
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Late 19th Century American American Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal chandeliers
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal Marie Antoinette chandeliers. Each six arm six light chandelier is centered by a st...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Crystal, Ormolu

French Empire Ormolu-Mounted Mahogany Armoire Wardrobe ca. 1820-40
Located in Shippensburg, PA
FRENCH EMPIRE MAHOGANY AND ORMOLU ARMOIRE France, circa 1820–1840 85" H x 21 1/2" D x 47" W Of architectural form, the projecting cornice above a single mirrored door framed by eng...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Bronze, Ormolu

Pair Antique French Napoleon III Ormolu Mounted Red Marble Lamps w/ Silk Shades
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair antique French Napoleon III Classic style red marble and ormolu mounted lamps with handmade silk shades, circa 1875-1885.
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Marble, Ormolu

French 19th Century First Empire Period Mahogany, Brass and Marble Console
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking French early 19th century 1st Empire period flamed mahogany, ebonized fruitwood, brass and black Belgian marble console. The two tiered freestanding console is raised by f...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Marble, Brass, Ormolu

Grand and Important Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Sixteen Light Chandelier
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Grand and Important Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Sixteen Light Chandelier The top with an impressive canopy and adorned with four Bacchic busts centered by an detailed urn, the t...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Bronze, Ormolu

Porcelain Elfinware Box with Mounted Ormolu
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
German Elfinware box with roses peeking from blue forget-me-not flowers. The base of the box has an ornamental ormolu design.
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Early 20th Century German Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

Matching Pair of 19th Century French Ormolu-Mounted Table-Top Cabinets
Located in London, GB
A Matched Pair of French Table Cabinets Both cabinets lined with silk, enclosing a glass shelf and mounted with gilt bronze, one constructed from bookmatched tulipwood and the other employing satinwood throughout, with acanthus leaf pointed feet, stylised scrolls to the sides, and a fall front glass door...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

Antique French Ormolu Rococo Clock Set - Cupid
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A beautiful antique French ormolu clock set in the Rococo style. It features cupid as a cherub, seated to the top with torch and quiver of...
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19th Century French Rococo Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

Napoleon III Black Lacquered Humidor on Stand
Located in Woodbury, CT
This outstanding showpiece has been meticulously crafted and then coated in a rich, thick, ebony lacquer. Numerous classic design elements include the broken pediment above a single...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

French 18th Century Louis XV Period Tortoiseshell and Ormolu Boulle Cartel Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A large and important French 18th century Louis XV period Tortoiseshell and ormolu Boulle cartel clock signed Le Faucheur, A Paris. The clock is ra...
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

Antique Louis XV Style Patinated and Gilt Bronze Clock
Located in London, GB
Designed in a fanciful Louis XV style, this beautiful mantel clock takes the form of an Asian elephant, saddled with a howdah (carriage). The clock features a patinated sculpture of ...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Enamel, Ormolu, Bronze

Pair of Gilt-Bronze Mounted Chinese Celadon-Ground Vases
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Pair of Large Gilt-Bronze Mounted Chinese Celadon-Ground and Slip Decorated Porcelain Vases. These vases of Chinese celadon porcelain from the ...
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19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

Antique French Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Marquetry Desk by Maison Léger
By Maison Léger
Located in London, GB
Antique French Louis XV style ormolu mounted marquetry desk by Maison Léger French, c. 1880 Height 80cm, width 185cm, depth 98cm This very impressive desk was crafted around 1880 by...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

French Empire Revival Mahogany Center Table After Jacob-Desmalter
Located in Queens, NY
Late 19th century French Empire revival style ormolu-mounted mahogany rectangular center table, after the model by Jacob-Desmalter of 1808 for the bedroom of Caroline Murat at the pa...
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Late 19th Century French Empire Revival Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Marble, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Center/Side Table Attributed to François Linke
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and very high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Kingwood, Mahogany, ormolu, and Arabescato marble center/side table attributed to François Linke. The table is rais...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Marble, Ormolu

Impressive 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Sèvres Style Porcelain Garniture Set
Located in Long Island City, NY
A very impressive late 19th century gilt bronze mounted cobalt blue Sèvres style porcelain three piece garniture. The impressive...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Bronze, Ormolu

French late 19th century Louis XV st. Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu centerpiece
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most decorative French late 19th century Louis XV st. Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu centerpiece, stamped Baccarat. This stunning scallop shaped Baccarat Crystal centerpiece is set wi...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Crystal, Ormolu

French Bronze Dore Mantle Clock by Leveque Guéret, 19th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
Louis XVI gilded bronze watch. Enamelled dial with hollow hands White marble pedestal richly decorated with gilded bronze, and in the center a bas-relief with an ibex / goat symbol o...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Marble, Metal, Brass, Bronze, Ormolu

Pair French Empire 19th-20th Century Red Porphyry-Like Granite & Ormolu Obelisks
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Monumental and Fine Pair of French 19th, 20th Century Empire Style Red Porphyry-Like Granite and Gilt-Bronze (Ormolu) Mounted Obelisks on Four Gilt-Bronze Lion Paws both resting on...
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Early 1900s French Empire Revival Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Slate, Granite, Bronze, Ormolu

Exceptionally Rare 19th Century French Secrétaire à Abattant by Paul Sormani
Located in London, GB
An Exceptionally Rare Secrétaire à Abattant After the designs of Jean-Henri Riesener for Marie Antoinette By Paul Sormani of Paris Of upright rectangular form with canted corners a...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Marble, Ormolu

Set of Three Large Sèvres Style Porcelain Vases with Gilt Bronze Pedestals
Located in London, GB
Set of three large Sèvres style porcelain vases with gilt bronze pedestals. French, Early 20th Century Large Vase: Height 162cm, width 63cm, depth 48cm. Large Vases Pedestal: Heig...
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Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Ormolu Furniture

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Lapis Lazuli, Ormolu

19th Century Boulle Marquetry and Gilt Bronze Centre Table
Located in London, GB
This fine table is crafted in ebonised wood and features gilt bronze mounts and Boulle style marquetry. The table is of curved, oval shape, and is inlaid with marquetry to the top, a...
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Late 19th Century French Baroque Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu, Brass, Bronze

A Pair of Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mounted Porphyry Vases, 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The mounts are similar to those by Gouthière. The one vase having more speckling of white in the porphyry than the other.
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1770s French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Porphyry, Ormolu

Italian 19th Century Ormolu Statue Signed Vanetti
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and extremely high quality Italian 19th century ormolu statue signed Vanetti. The statue is raised by a rectangular base with a wonderfully executed ground design where...
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19th Century Italian Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

Pair of Russian Neoclassical Style Cut Glass and Gilt Bronze Vases
Located in London, GB
Pair of Russian neoclassical style cut glass and gilt bronze vases Russian, 20th century Measures: Height 38cm, width 22cm, depth 14cm Each vase has an ovoid ruby coloured cut g...
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20th Century Russian Neoclassical Ormolu Furniture

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Bronze, Ormolu

Pair of Exhibition Quality Sèvres-Style Porcelain Vases
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An exceptional and important pair of exhibition quality gilt bronze mounted Sèvres-style porcelain vases and covers. Signed ‘Lucot’. This exceptional pair of vases are of inver...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

French Empire Bronze and Crystal Bowl Chandelier
Located in Queens, NY
French Empire-style (late 19th Century) gilt bronze chandelier with a cut crystal bowl supporting a ring of 8 scroll arms suspended by 3 chains to a canopy with a flame final bottom.
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Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Crystal, Ormolu

Pair of Early 19th Century French Fire-Gilded Ormolu Candelabra
Located in London, GB
A pair of Restauration Period Ormolu Candelabra. The fire-gilded surfaces with burnished and matte finish, modelled as one female and one male figure wearing togas, balancing on spheres, one holding a wreath and the other a cornucopia, with S-curved arms and 7 candle...
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19th Century French Restauration Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

Fine quality antique Victorian French boulle display cabinet
Located in Ipswich, GB
Fine quality antique Victorian French boulle display cabinet having a quality rectangular shaped ebonies top with a ornate ormolu mounted frieze fantastic single brass inlaid boulle ...
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Early 19th Century French Victorian Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Brass, Ormolu

19th Century Sèvres Style Ormolu-Mounted Porcelain Figural Clockset
Located in New York, NY
A fine quality 19th century Sèvres ormolu-mounted porcelain clockset. Origin: French Date: 19th century Dimension: Clock: 25 in high; Urns: 24 in high.
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu, Bronze

A French 19th century Belle Époque period Louis XVI st. marble side table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and most decorative French 19th century Belle Époque period Louis XVI st. Mahogany, Ormolu, and Brèche D'Alep marble side table, attributed to Francois Linke. This impress...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Marble, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An extremely elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu sconces. Each three arm sconce is centered by a finely detailed bottom acorn finial below the elegant tapered fl...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

Pair Of Louis XVI Style Vitrine Cabinets-On-Stands, Attributed to Henry Dasson
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Magnificent Pair Of Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany Vitrine Cabinets-On-Stands, Attributed to Henry Dasson. Each ‘D’-shaped cabinet with three-quarter balustrade gal...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

Grand French Gilt and Patinated Bronze Mantel Clock in the Empire Style
Located in London, GB
Constructed in bronze, patinated and gilt; the rectangular form case supported on engraved oblate spherical feet, the frieze dressed with a row of female masks capping pillars, linke...
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19th Century English Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Bronze, Ormolu

Antique Chandelier. Gilt bronze chandlier with crystal
Located in Atlanta, GA
Exquisitely detailed gilt bronze chandelier with magnificent hand cut crystal illuminated centerpiece terminating at the top with a multifaceted pyramid, also featuring four other ha...
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Early 20th Century French Ormolu Furniture

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Crystal, Ormolu

French 19th Century Ormolu Chandelier After André-Charles Boulle
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A Louis XIV style ormolu eight-lights chandelier, after the famous model by Andre-Charles Boulle An Ormolu Eight-lights Chandelier, each arm held by Ind...
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1870s French Louis XIV Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

An Exceptional Pair of Champleve Enamel Ormolu Candelabra by Sevin & Barbedienne
Located in Queens, NY
Illuminating Heritage: An Important "Exhibition" Pair of Ferdinand Barbedienne and Louis Constant Sevin Champleve Enamel and Ormolu Eight-Light Candelabra / Lamps In the realm of de...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu

Fire screen, French 19th Century, ormolu.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th Century French ormolu fan shaped fire screen. Having wonderful scrolling foliate decoration to the whole, Fan sectioned panels, rampant Lions mounted to...
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19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

Louis XVI-Style Marquetry Commodes
Located in New Orleans, LA
This magnificent pair of French commodes captures the refinement of the Louis XVI style. A highly detailed parquetry design is inlaid into the commodes’ facades and centered by beaut...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Blue over White Double Overlay Ormolu Mounted Cased Glass Rectangular Box
Located in New York, NY
A Beautiful Antique Blue over White Double Overlay Ormolu Mounted Cased Glass Rectangular Box. With a beautiful geometric design cased underneath the top blue layer, which protrudes ...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

A 19th C. French Ormolu Mounted & Rouge Marble Figural Cupid Jardiniere, ROBERT
By Robert Freres, Susse Freres
Located in New York, NY
A Monumental and Exceptionally High Quality 19th Century French Ormolu Mounted and Rouge Marble Jardiniere, attributed to ROBERT FRÈRES. The urn is of baluster form with ormolu saty...
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1880s French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Marble, Ormolu

Andre Antoine Lardin French Diminutive Louis XV Marble-Top Commode
Located in Milford, NH
A fine diminutive Louis XV three-drawer commode with Breche d’Alep marble conforming top in shades of pink and grey with molded edge and notched corners, surmounting a case with two ...
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Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

Pair Of Italian 18th c. Louis XVI Period Mahogany, Marble, & Ormolu Commodes
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and high quality pair of Italian 18th century Louis XVI period Satinwood, Mahogany, Ormolu, and Rosa Alicante marble commodes. Each two drawer chest is raised by square ta...
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18th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Marble, Ormolu

French 19th century Louis XV st. Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu centerpiece
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and high quality French 19th century Louis XV st. Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu centerpiece. This wonderful oval centerpiece is raised on a pierced Ormolu base decorated ele...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Crystal, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Green Marble and Ormolu Lidded Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. green marble and ormolu lidded urns. Each urn is raised by a triangular base with concave sides and a fine bott...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Marble, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Belle Époque Period Candelabra Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and monumentally scaled true pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. Belle Époque period ormolu and patinated bronze candelabra lamps...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Bronze, Ormolu

Andre Arbus French Mid-Century Ormolu Mounted Sycamore Dining Table
Located in Queens, NY
French Mid-Century (1940s) ormolu mounted sycamore extending dining table on X form legs with stretcher and the top inlaid with starburst design. (Attributed to ANDRE ARBUS) Do Not h...
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1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

Rare Pair of 19th Century Marquetry Display Cabinets in the Louis XVI Style
Located in London, GB
A pair of Marquetry display cabinets in the transitional manner By Edmund Kahn of London & Paris Constructed from kingwood, with tulipwood, bois satiné and harewood inlays; f...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture

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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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