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Material: Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Renaissance St. Ormolu Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and high quality pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. ormolu six arm candelabras signed F. Barbedienne. Each candelabra is raised by a triangular base with concave ...
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19th Century French Renaissance Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Mahogany and Ormolu Buffet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A high quality and most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. mahogany and ormolu buffet. The three drawer and five drawer buffet is raised by circular tapered legs with ormolu f...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
French Mid-19th Century Louis XVI Style Marble and Ormolu Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular French mid 19th century Louis XVI st. white Carrara marble and ormolu clock in the manner of Clodion. The clock is raised by elegant reeded topie shaped feet below the ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
Empire Glass Ewer Jug Vase Ormolu French Urn
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing an eye catching green cut glass jug in the Empire manner
Good size at almost four feet tall - 112 CM
The body is crafted from richly colored, translucent green glass,...
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1980s Empire Vintage Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Large Louis XV Style Gilt and Patinated Bronze and Marble Figural Candelabra
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A pair of Large Louis XV Style Gilt and Patinated Bronze and Marble Figural Candelabra.
Each modelled with naturalistically cast rocaille and laurel leaf candle branches above cher...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu chandelier
By Baccarat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most exquisite and large scaled French 19th century Louis XVI st. Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu chandelier. This truly stunning twelve arm fifteen light chandelier is centered by a f...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Rosewood Regency Kneehole Bureau Cabinet Attributed to Seddon and Morel
By Morel & Seddon
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An impressive and monumental rosewood Regency kneehole bureau cabinet with ormolu mounts of exceptional quality, attributed to Seddon and Morel, the central roll-top opening to revea...
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19th Century English Regency Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
A Belle Epoque Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany Vitrine Cabinet by François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Belle Epoque Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany Vitrine Cabinet by François Linke.
Of large proportions with central arched glazed door flanked to each side by a recessed glazed door....
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu, Glass and Crystal lantern
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most elegant French 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu, Glass and Crystal lantern. The wonderful pentagon shaped lantern is adorned with top and bottom 'S' scrolled spra...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Renaissance St. Columns, Signed Barbedienne
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and extremely decorative true pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. patinated bronze and ormolu columns signed Barbedienne. Each column is raised by superb lion legs with handsome paw feet and exceptional ormolu palmette leaves. At the base is an elegant urn shaped support with fine foliate and reeded designs with impressive richly chased open winged maidens at each side. The circular lightly tapered central supports display exceptional and finely detailed wrap around ormolu plaques with superb bison skulls...
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19th Century French Renaissance Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair Louis XV Style Gilt Metal Mounted Parquetry Mahogany Side Tables
Located in Germantown, MD
Pair of Louis XV Style Gilt Metal Mounted mixed Fruitwood Parquetry Mahogany Side Tables
Measures 17.5" in width , 17.5" on depth, 29.50" in height.
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Early 20th Century American Louis XV Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
Russian 19th century Neo-Classical st. Ormolu, Glass and Crystal chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite and high quality Russian 19th century Neo-Classical st. Ormolu, Glass and Crystal chandelier. This spectacular circular chandelier is centered at the bottom by hexagonal...
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19th Century Russian Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
19th Century Regency Style Kingwood and Tulipwood and Ormolu Mounted Commode
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th century Regency transition style kingwood and tulipwood parquetry and ormolu-mounted two-drawer commode with marble top, Paris, circa 1890.
Measures: Height 34 1/...
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Late 19th Century French Regency Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
$12,985 Sale Price
29% Off
A 19 C French Louis XIV Style "Meuble D'Appui" after a Model by Mathieu Belfort
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A french Louis XVI style grey marble topped Meuble d'Appui after a model by Mathieu Belfort.The ebonized cabinet is inlaid with brass and has all-over lavish gilded bronze mounts a...
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
Pair of Gilt-Bronze Mounted Chinese Celadon-Ground Porcelain 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 late Quing Dynasty are slip-decorated with willow trees and prunus flowers. The finely sculpted gilt-bronze handles are modelled as winged merman term figures running on berried scrolled clasps to a rocaille raised foot.
These superb vases are in the tradition for mounting Chinese porcelain with gilt-bronze accoutrements made by ciseleur-doreurs such as Pierre Gouthière for the marchand-merciers, namely Dominique Daguerre and Simon-Philippe Poirier. The practice continued into the nineteenth century when Prince Regent, later George IV (1762-1830), sent Chinese porcelain vases from the Royal...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
English Mahogany and Gold Accented Roll Top Desk
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian style mahogany roll top desk that opens to reveal drawers, letter holders, and a gold embossed leather desk surface, with a gilt bronze filigree...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Metal, Ormolu
French 19th Century Belle Époque Period Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu Centerpiece
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful French 19th century Neo-Classical st. Belle Époque period Baccarat crystal and ormolu centerpiece bowl. The centerpiece is raised by handsome ormolu paw feet with richly ...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Porcelain and Ormolu Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A wonderful French 19th century Louis XVI st. porcelain and ormolu lamp. The lamp is raised by a circular ormolu base with most decorative protruding block rosette feet flanked by Vitruvian scrolls. The elegantly shaped porcelain body displays beautiful and richly chased pierced ormolu mounts of a detailed rams head amidst fine foliate, ribbon garlands, and Greek key handles...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Late 19th Century Ormolu Bronze / Marble Piece
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Late 19th century ormolu bronze atop black marble decorative piece with exterior base design details. After (Jean Bologne - Flemish "1529-1608"...
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
19th Century French Pair of Ormolu Bronze Fireplace Chenets, C.1840
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th century French beautifully cast pair of gilt bronze fireplace chenets. These chenets are adorned with beautiful floral decoration...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
A Pair French 1st Empire Period Ormolu & Verde Antico Marble Figural Candelabra
Located in New York, NY
A Fine and Unusual Pair of French 1st Empire Period Doré Bronze and Verde Antico Marble Figural Neoclassical Five-Arm Candelabra. Each candelabrum features a tall central shaft issui...
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1810s French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Three-Piece Louis XV Rococo Style Porcelain and Ormolu Clock Set
Located in London, GB
Three-piece Louis XV Rococo style porcelain and ormolu clock set
French, late 19th century
Clock: Height 82cm, width 62, depth 28cm
Candelabra: Height 76cm, diameter 22cm
Compr...
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Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$60,147 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Fine Pair French 19th/20th Century Ormolu Regénce Style Lion Wall Light Sconces
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and impressive pair of French 19th/20th century Regénce style figural gilt-bronze four-light wall sconces appliques, each ormolu lumière centered with a lion pelt mask su...
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19th Century French Regency Revival Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$27,850 Sale Price
38% Off
Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Parcel-Gilt and Biscuit Porcelain Clock
Located in Long Island City, NY
A beautifully design late 19th century gilt bronze mounted parcel-gilt and biscuit porcelain mantel (fireplace) clock
The front carved with Apollo riding his chariot. The bottom wit...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th century Belle Epoque Period Marble, Silver and Ormolu centerpiece
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and high quality French 19th century Belle Epoque Period Renaissance st. Rouge Griotte marble, Silvered Bronze and Ormolu centerpiece urn. This stunning centerpiece is rai...
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19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Fine Pair of Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Seven-Light, Electrified Candelabras
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Very Fine Pair of Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Seven Light Candelabra
After Claude-Michel Clodion
Each as a vase cast in high relief with a procession of putti, with a pair of g...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Bronze and Ormolu Clock, 19th Century, French, Silk Suspension Striking
Located in London, GB
An early 19th century French bronze and ormolu eight day silk suspension striking clock contained in ornate case surmounted by well-cast and gadrooned urn...
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Early 19th Century French Regency Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Magnificent Pair of Louis XVI Candelabra after Clodion
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A magnificent pair of Louis XVI candelabra after clodion
These impressive ormolu and patinated bronze eight-light candelabra are raised on ...
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1850s French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$300,737 / set
Antique Ormolu Mounted Dressing Table by Zwiener Jansen Successer
Located in London, GB
Antique ormolu mounted dressing table by Zwiener Jansen Successeur
French, c. 1900
Height 153cm, width 134cm, depth 63cm
Superbly crafted by the renowned French firm Zwiener Jans...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$49,211 Sale Price
20% Off
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Marble and Ormolu Lidded Urn
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and impressive French 19th century Louis XVI st. marble and ormolu lidded urn. The urn is raised on a circular base decorated with acanthus leaves and an ormolu band above...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated Bronze and Ormolu bust of Pericles
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated Bronze and Ormolu bust of Pericles. This handsome bust is raised on a square Ormolu base below the tapered soc...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Bronze Ormolu Candelabras
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions: H: 11in W: 9.5in D: 9.5in
This beautiful pair of 19th century French Bronze Candelabras are made from the highest quality Dorè or Ormolu Bronze. The craftsmanship of the...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
A Large Pair of Vienna Style Porcelain Vases
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Fine and Large Pair of Vienna Style Porcelain Vases and Covers, on Stands.
Each of urn out-shape with loop handles. Each with cobalt blue-ground neck and cover with gilt-embossed ...
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1910s Austrian Vintage Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Gilt-Bronze Mounted Green Cipollino Marble Vases, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A very fine pair of gilt-bronze mounted green cipollino marble vases.
Each vase is of baluster form the marble body encircled by laurel and vine le...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Marble Statues
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional and most charming true pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and Rouge Griotte marble statues. Each statue is raised by a Fine circular Rouge Griotte marble...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
19th Century French Belle Époque Display Cabinet in the Manner of François Linke
Located in London, GB
A French Bijouterie
In the manner of François Linke
Designed in the Louis XV style and constructed in a wonderfully marked Kingwood, with precise...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French Empire Ormolu Mantel Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
Ormolu French Empire clock, drumhead case with applied frieze decoration to the base, standing on turned and engraved feet.
Superb engine turned dial centre, the gilded dial with Roman numerals, original hands and floral cast bezel surround.
Convex glass to the rear supporting the eight day movement with outside countwheel striking and silk suspension.
The whole surmounted by a gilded winged...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French Ormolu Mounted Marble End Table 2 Tier
Located in San Francisco, CA
C. 20th century
Beautiful French ormolu mounted marble topside end table ( marble is removeable / can be taken apart )
One of the foots brass mount is slightly different than th...
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Early 20th Century Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
A Very Fine 19th Century Credenza with Ormolu Mounts
Located in Dublin, IE
A very fine19th Century fiddle back mahogany and burr amboyna credenza of exceptional quality, stunningly hand carved with rich patination, beautiful grain and ormolu mounted with line and marquetry inlay throughout. The well figured moulded and shaped bow fronted amboyna top with ebonized border trim is raised over panelled frieze with beautifully detailed geometric marquetry work framed with decorative ormolu border trimmed detail and applied flowerhead paterae. Supported above four crossbanded and inlaid single glazed panelled doors which open to beautiful cream lined shelved interiors and are flanked with pilaster column detail, all embellished with finely cast, decorative ormolu mounts, foliate escutcheons and applied flowerhead paterae motifs...
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19th Century English Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Commode French 19th Century of Napoleon III Period
Located in Warsaw, PL
A sensational French 19th century Napoleon III period ebony, brass, ormolu, semi precious stone and marble cabinet. The cabinet is raised by mottled topie shaped feet with a fine wra...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Stone, Bronze, Ormolu
$13,713 Sale Price
20% Off
French 19th Century Empire St. Burl Walnut, Ormolu, and Marble Console
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and large scale French 19th century Empire st. burl walnut, ormolu and white Carrara marble console. The console is raised by elegant circular mottled supports below a mos...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
Louis XVI Style 19th Century Ormolu-Mounted White Marble Obelisk Mantel Clock
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A French white marble mantel clock of obelisk form with ormolu decorations in Louis XVI style. The enamel dial with Arabic numerals an...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French 19th Century Charles X St. Bronze, Ormolu and Sienna Marble Inkwell
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French 19th century Charles X st. patinated bronze, ormolu and Sienna marble inkwell. The inkwell is raised by a rectangular Sienna marble base. The pedestal displays an e...
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19th Century French Charles X Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu centerpiece tazza
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu centerpiece tazza. This stunning centerpiece is raised by a triangular base with concave sides and showcasing a w...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Gilt and Patinated Bronze Candelabra with Putti Holding Floral Bouquets
Located in Pembroke, MA
Pair of candelabra with winged putti, each supporting a floral bouquet, on top of marble base. Each putti is patinated bronze and the bouquets are gilt bronze. The floral bouquet has...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
$4,875 Sale Price / set
50% Off
Antique 18th Century Boulle Bracket Clock by Brezagez and Marchand
By Marchand
Located in London, GB
Antique 18th century Boulle bracket clock by Brezagez and Marchand
French, circa 1740
Measures: Clock: Height 87cm, width 47cm, depth 21cm
Bracket: Height 40cm, width 53cm, depth 24cm
Total: Height 127cm
This beautiful 18th century French bracket clock...
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, Enamel, Ormolu
$38,275 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Fine Quality Pair of Sèvres Style Porcelain Vases
Located in New York, NY
Each cobalt ground with gilding, trumpet-form neck over baluster form body decorated with a figural scene in the garden, reverse with a garden folly, gilt...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Cobalt Blue Glass Vases
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and cobalt blue glass vases. Each vase is raised by a lovely ormolu base with a fin...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Mercier Frères French Bronze Mahogany Bedside Cabinet Chest
Located in Shippensburg, PA
LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED PARQUETRY INLAID BEDSIDE CABINET WITH BRECHE VIOLLETT MARBLE TOP
Retailed by Mercier Frères, labeled inside drawer circa early 20th century label on ...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
Baltic Neoclassical Style Mahogany Fauteuil with Ormolu Mounts, 20th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Neoclassical style mahogany open arm chair/fauteuil with ormolu mounts, rounded tapering legs, and navy blue upholstery, 20th century.
Category
20th Century European Neoclassical Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of French Empire Style Malachite and Gilt Bronze Pedestals
Located in London, GB
Pair of French Empire style malachite and gilt bronze pedestals
French, 20th Century
Height 115cm, width 35cm, depth 35cm
This pair of 20th century French pedestals is crafted fro...
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20th Century French Empire Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Malachite, Ormolu
$38,275 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Vert Campan Marble and Ormolu Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and large scale pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Vert Campan marble and ormolu urns. Each impressive urn is raised by a square base with a mottled socle shaped pe...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Exquisite 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Inlaid Marquetry Bureau a Cylindre
Located in Long Island City, NY
An Exquisite Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Inlaid Marquetry and Parquetry Bureau a Cylindre
The stepped rectangular top with pierced three quarter gallery ab...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Fine German 19th Century Porcelain and Gilt-Bronze Mounted Potpourri Urn Vase
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine German 19th century porcelain and gilt-bronze mounted Potpourri Urn-Vase with Lid, attributed to Meissen. The ovoid white porcelain urn, decorated on all sides and lid wi...
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19th Century German Regency Revival Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$12,950 Sale Price
31% Off
pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu lamps
By Baccarat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A high quality and most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu lamps. Each lamp is raised on a square Ormolu plinth displaying a Coeur-de-Rai b...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Pair of Elegant Ormolu-Mounted Brèche Violette Marble Covered Urns
Located in New York, NY
Elegant pair of ormolu-mounted brèche violette marble covered urns. Each of baluster shape. The dome cover with foliate ribbon finial with cast mounts handles and berry swags above a...
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19th Century Baroque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal Girandoles
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and Baccarat crystal girandoles. Each girandole is raised by a circular ormolu base with a most decorative beaded and acan...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Early 20th Century Ormolu Mounted Bahut Chest Cabinet by François Linke
Located in New York, NY
An exquisite French early 20th century François Linke Bahut chest cabinet.
Satiné frisé and satiné cube parquetry, fleur de pêcher marble top, the upper cupboard with two shelves, s...
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Early 20th Century French Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pair Of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Rock Crystal & Crystal Girandole Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and highly quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Rock Crystal and Crystal Girandole lamps. Each six light Girandole is raised by a circular Ormolu base with a ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Sèvres Porcelain & Ormolu Lidded Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely decorative true pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Sèvres porcelain and ormolu lidded urns. Each urn is raised by a square ormolu base with concave corners, decorated with fitted decorative interlocking designs and a fine wrap around beaded band. The beautifully shaped vase displays a lovely lightly curved design decorated with exceptional wonderfully executed hand painted floral designs and striking gold tooled patterns. At the center is a circular reserve with a charming finely detailed cherub holding flowers amidst a ribbon flanked by beautiful cornucopias and lovely foliate designs set on a striking gold tooled background. Impressive scrolled acanthus leaf ormolu handles lead up each side with unique berries and lovely beaded trim centering the elegantly curved neck with a most decorative mottled and beaded wrap around band at the rim. Above is the stunning crown shaped removable lid with additional lovely gold tooled foliate designs and a majestic floral finial above. Also finished inside and all original gilt throughout.
André Rivaud...
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19th Century French Louis XVI 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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