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Material: Ormolu
French Ormolu-Mounted Kingwood and Parquetry Vanity Dressing Table
Located in Doylestown, PA
French Louis XV style ormolu-mounted kingwood and satinwood parquetry dressing table or coiffeuse, late 19th century.
Incredibly luxurious petite dressing table...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
19th-Century Ormolu & Paste Gem ‘Corona’ – Ecclesiastical Statue Crown
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th-Century Ormolu & Paste Gem ‘Corona’ – Ecclesiastical Statue Crown with Acanthus Finial
An exquisite late 19th-century Continental ormolu corona (ecclesiastical statue crown), r...
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19th Century European Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of French Empire Style Bronze Mounted Demilune Mahogany Console Tables
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions - H: 40 1/2in W: 50 1/2in D: 14 1/2in
This is an EXCEPTIONAL Pair of French Empire Style Consoles! They are made of the highest quality! Made out of the Finest Mahogany ...
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20th Century French Empire Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Exquisite French Empire Ormolu and Cut-Crystal Clock, c. 1815
Located in Queens, NY
An exquisite French Empire ormolu and cut-crystal clock, c. 1815, attributed to Baccarat.
Made from the finest quality mercury gilding ormolu, this c...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
French mid 19th century Ormolu, Baccarat, and Rock Crystal chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and very high quality French mid 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu, Baccarat, and Rock Crystal chandelier. This wonderful eight arm, eight light chandelier is centered at ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Ormolu
Scandinavian Empire Sofa in Mahogany with Ormolu and Upholstery, circa 1815
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
An elegant Empire Swedish Karl Johan sofa with graceful lines in mahogany with satinwood line inlay, ormolu and ebonized details. Offers scrolled arms and saber feet with upholstered...
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19th Century Danish Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French Louis XVI Style Marquetry Writing Desk/ Bonheur du Jour
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French Louis XVI Style Marquetry Writing Desk / Bonheur du Jour—Circa 1900s
This exquisite French Louis XVI-style bonheur du jour is a marquetry-inlaid writing desk, crafted in Fran...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Ormolu and Sevres Porcelain Clock
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
Antique French Ormolu and Sèvres Porcelain Clock
~ French - Circa 1850 ~
~~ Excellent condition, fully overhauled ~~
A fine and early ormolu ...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Antique Pair Ormolu Two Light Wall Electric Sconces Appliques Maison Lucien Gau
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Fine Quality Pair of French Napoleon lll Style Gilt Bronze heavy gauge Twin Arm Electric Wall Candle Sconces Lights, of very generous proportions and outstanding quality. Made by the...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Wonderful French Ormolu Mounted Cut Crystal Bronze Baccarat Casket Jewelry Box
By Baccarat
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful French Ormolu Mounted Cut / Faceted Crystal & Bronze Jewelry Casket In The Style And Manner Of Baccarat
Unfortunately The Back Lid Does Have A Chip In The Middle
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20th Century Belle Époque Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Bronze, Ormolu
Mid 19th century inlaid walnut credenza sideboard
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid 19th century inlaid walnut breakfront credenza sideboard circa 1850
We are pleased to offer this stunning profusely inlaid sideboard. Breakfront shaped and offering 3 glazed doo...
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Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Louis XVI Style Crystal and Gilt Enameled Jewelry Casket Box
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions - H: 3 1/4 in W: 5 1/4 in D: 5 1/4 in
This Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Crystal and Gilt Enameled Jewelry Casket Box is truly remarkable and whispers tale...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Metal, Enamel, Ormolu
Vintage Monumental Pair Ormolu Twin Branch Wall Lights Sconces mid 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a monumental French pair of antique Louis XVI Revival gilded ormolu quadruple branch wall lights, mid-20th century in date.
A large pair of very ormolu wall sconces, each w...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XIV Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th century Tulipwood, Kingwood, Ormolu and Breche D'Alep marble commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite and high quality French 19th century Transitional st. Tulipwood, Kingwood, Ormolu and Breche D'Alep marble commode, modeled after Pierre-Antoine Foullet. This exceptiona...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Breccia Marble, Ormolu
French Baccarat Style Crystal Glass & Ormolu Mounted Oval Casket Box
By Baccarat
Located in Atlanta, GA
A wonderful early to mid 20th century crystal faceted box or jewelry casket in the style of Baccarat. The piece has a brass ormolu mounted ring to ...
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20th Century French Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French Restauration Antique Mahogany Cylinder Roll-Top Desk circa 1830
Located in Shippensburg, PA
FINE RESTAURATION PERIOD ORMOLU-MOUNTED FLAMED MAHOGANY BUREAU À CYLINDER
France, circa 1830
Item # 403ZGP18C
An exceedingly fine bureau à cylinder from the Restauration period in F...
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19th Century English Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Brass, Ormolu
An Italian Bronze and Ormolu Bacchic Figure, 19th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
An Italian Bronze and Ormolu Bacchic Figure, 19th Century
Description:
The ivy wreathed and bearded figure in languid contrapposto, leaning against a tree stump entwined in creeping...
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19th Century Italian Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique French Ormolu and Sevres Porcelain Clock
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, Oppenheim
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
An exquisite antique French ormolu clock mounted with Sevres style porcelain. Made in finely gilded bronze, sculptured as a large gadrooned and handled urn, draped with acanthus garl...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
A Highly Important Russian Chandelier Attributed To Johann Zekh
By Johann Zech
Located in Steyning, West sussex
A highly impressive, eighteen light ormolu mounted and cut glass chandelier. The turquoise opalescent baluster stem with foliated mounts supporting a reed corona and the central vase...
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18th Century Russian Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique English 41 Light Ballroom Crystal Chandelier 1920s
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful English Ballroom crystal chandelier with forty-one lights arranged over in three tiers, circa 1920 in date.
This ma...
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1920s English Vintage Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
18th Century Mahogany Dutch Rococo Bombe Kast or Linen Press, c. 1750
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
An exquisite 18th century Dutch Bombe Kast or linen press in fine Cuban mahogany with all of the original bronze d'ore mounts. From the mid-1700s, this Kast stylistically follows the...
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Mid-18th Century Dutch Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Early 19th Century Ormolu Mantel Clock, Atala freeing Chactas, Paris, circa 1810
Located in Greven, DE
Mantel Clock "Atala and Chactas"
Paris
Bronze (fire-gilt and patinated), enamel
Empire around 1810
Dimensions: H x W x D: 40 x 32 x 11 cm
Description:
Very rare and extremely high quality French mantel clock, so-called Pendule Au Bon Sauvage.
Depicted are scenes from the love story "Atala or the love of two savages in the desert" written by Francois René Vicomte de Chateaubriand in 1801. At the beginning of the 19th century, this was probably the most famous love story in Europe, but today it has been forgotten.
The story, set in present-day Louisiana (USA), is roughly rewritten about the forbidden love between Chactas, a young Indian, and Atala, the beautiful daughter of a Spaniard.
Chactas is captured in a battle between two Indian tribes, chained to a palm tree and is to be sacrificed. Atala wants to save his life and convert him to Christianity. She unties him from the palm tree at night and they flee together into the wilderness of North America. Their love for each other grows stronger and stronger and they have prospects for a future together.
The story takes a tragic turn when Atala, who must remain a virgin due to a vow made by her mother, can no longer withstand the conflict of her feelings and commits suicide.
The main group of characters thus shows Chacta's liberation through Atala. Atala is leaning against a pile of logs. The animal fur thrown over the logs and the weapons leaning against the stack on the right give the impression of a night camp.
The bronze is of rarely beautiful quality, finely chiselled and makes the scene appear very lively. The contrast of fire-gilded and patinated bronze adds tension to the composition.
In the base we see the Entombment as the end of the tragic love story. This bronze work is also very detailed, the interplay of bright and matt gilding makes the flat relief appear much deeper than it is.
The depiction of the mantel clock presented here shows that the exotic was only known from stories and that the bronzier had his own ideas about the appearance of this distant world. The Indian, for example, has very European facial features and his skin was not black in reality, of course. The palm tree was also certainly not found in the North American wilderness.
The heart of the clock is a French pendulum movement, integrated into the wooden pile, with an eight-day power reserve and a lock plate striking a bell on the half and full hour. The pendulum is suspended on a thread, typical of the period. The classically shaped hands, so-called Breguet hands, are also typical of the time.
The enamelled dial has black Roman hour numerals, Arabic quarter hours and bears the signature: Le Roy hr. de Madame A PARIS.
Interesting facts:
The period from 1795 to about 1815 saw the creation of probably the most spectacular group of bronzes: The "Au bon Sauvage" pendulums - depictions of the "Noble Savage".
Today's viewers react to these objects with both fascination and irritation. Enthusiastic on the one hand about the obvious quality of the detailed bronzes and the allure of the exotic, on the other hand distanced and cautious because of the possible discrimination that is suspected behind them. The ambivalence of this feeling motivates the search for the conditions of origin of these pendulums.
Europeans found their new ideal of the natural man primarily in fictional and realistic travelogues about the Indians of North America...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Regency Ormolu Cherub Tazza with Malachite & Blue John 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is an impressive and highly decorative Regency Period ormolu, malachite and Blue John tazza, Circa 1820 in date.
It features an ormolu winged cherub holding a Blue John tazza...
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Early 19th Century Regency Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Malachite, Ormolu
French 19th/20th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Commode Marble Top
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French 19th/20th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Kingwood, Amaranth, Satinwood and Tulipwood Bois Satiné and Bois de Bout Floral Marquetry Two-Drawer Commode of bombé serpentine...
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Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
$19,850 Sale Price
30% Off
Large 18th Century French Louis XV Period Cartel Wall Clock Signed A. Gosselin
Located in Miami, FL
A very fine and large Early 18th Century French Louis XV period corne verte (green horn) and ormolu mounted cartel or wall clock. The impressive cartel rests on its original socle - wall mounted base. Signed on the original white enamel dial with hand painted Roman numerals within a hand blown glass door with ormolu trim and decorated with ornate bronze.
Impressively chiseled or ciselé work throughout. Original gilding throughout, exquisite patina.
The wonderful gilt bronze case is signed by the highly respected maitre ebeniste and clockmaker, A. Gosselin from Paris. It is surrounded by flowers and foliage. Antoine Gosselin ‘A. Gosselin’ (Antoine Gosselin 1731-1794, Paris, master in 1752). Antoine Gosselin who worked actively under Louis XV until the Revolution and was established in rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine, in Paris. He hand crafted magnificent pieces that were at the time only reserved for the King.
Clock is in very good antique condition and functions, but may need to be serviced again after shipping just as all clocks do. The ormolu Chinoiserie...
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Early 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$31,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Exceptional French Ormolu-Mounted Turquoise Jeweled Sevres Porcelain Clock Set
Located in Long Island City, NY
An exceptional French bronze ormolu mounted turquoise jeweled Sèvres Porcelain clock set by Raingo Fres, Paris, circa 1880.
Comprising of a clock in vase form and a pair of five-l...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$19,500 Sale Price
35% Off
New Franz Hermle Mantel Clock in DeArt Italian Fine Marquetry and Ormolu Case, N
By Franz Hermle, DeART
Located in Germantown, MD
A 21st Century German Franz Hermle Mantel Clock in DeArt Italian Fine Marquetry and Ormolu Case in new open box condition.
Clock made in Germany by the historic, very famous Franz Hermle clock...
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21st Century and Contemporary German Post-Modern Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
Vintage Ormolu Mounted Terrestrial Library Globe on Stand 20th Century
Located in London, GB
A fine vintage ormolu mounted terrestrial library globe, dating from the second half of the 20th Century.
The globe is raised on a highly decorative walnut tripod stand which is fit...
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Late 20th Century English Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
Antique Bronze Ormolu and Leather Jewelry Casket
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions - H: 3 3/4in W: 9 3/4in D: 5in
This Antique Turn of the Century Bronze Ormolu and Leather Jewelry Casket is truly remarkable and is made of the highest quality! If you t...
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20th Century French Régence Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Stunning French Empire Style Walnut Writing Desk
Located in Crawley, GB
We delight to offer sell this stunning large French Empire style walnut desk having a gilt tooled green leather top with a ormolu edge and scrolling mounts flanked by an arrangement ...
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Early 20th Century British Empire Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
Very Large Neoclassical Style Ormolu Gold Malachite Green Glass Display Cabinet
Located in London, GB
Very Large Neoclassical Style Ormolu Gold Malachite Green Glass Display Cabinet
French, 20th Century
Height 250cm, width 368cm, depth 76cm
An exceptional statement piece, this gran...
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20th Century French Neoclassical Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Malachite, Ormolu
$300,633 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique Set of 6 French Louis Revival 3 Branch Ormolu Wall Lights 20th Century
Located in London, GB
A set of six antique Louis revival ormolu three branch wall lights, circa 1920 in date.
They each feature three spiral-twist arms on oak leaf decorated back-plates with large ribbon...
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Early 20th Century English Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th century Louis XV st. Japanese Lacquer, Ormolu and Marble commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most decorative and high quality French 19th century Louis XV st. Japanese Lacquer, Ormolu and Marble commode. The stunning two drawer commode is raised by cabriole legs ending wit...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Antique French Tortoiseshell & Brass Inlaid Boulle Ormolu 8 Day Clock Paris 1880
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique French Boulle 8 day mantle clock, Paris, circa 1880.
The clock having a cast gilt bronze ormolu finial to the top, modeled as a tazza full of fruit, the case is made o...
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1880s French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
A French ‘Chariot’ Three-pieces Clock Garniture attributed to F.Linke circa 1890
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A French Ormolu and Patinated-Bronze ‘Chariot’ Three-pieces Clock Garniture
Attributed to François Linke (1855 - 1946), Paris, Late 19th/ Century
The clock representing a putto on ...
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1890s French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Clock Garniture By Ch. Drieu, Paris
Located in Dublin, IE
A stunning 19th century ormolu clock garniture in the Louis XV style by Ch. Drieu, the white enamel with Roman numerals signed “Ch. Drieu, 4 Rue de Thorigny”. The clock is flanked by...
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19th Century French Rococo Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
19th Century After Sevre Louis XV Style Mantel Clock Set
Located in Austin, TX
This magnificent 19th Century Louis XV Style Mantel Clock Set, crafted in the style of Sèvres, embodies the opulence and elegance of French decorative arts. The set includes an intri...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$1,874 Sale Price
25% Off
French Empire Period Ormolu Bronze Mantel Clock of Ceres, circa 1815
Located in Shippensburg, PA
A fine Empire period mantel clock with bun feet raising a rectangular base with a central portrait of Bacchus flanked by exquisitely chiseled motif of swirling foliage surmounted by a figure of the goddess Ceres grasping in her lowered hand a wreath woven with foliage and berries while in her garment she collects a bountiful harvest; she rests beside the clock tower with a framed lens opening to access the white enamel dial with black Roman numerals inscribed Etn. Tavernier set with Breguet style hands, raising an urn filled with fruits of the soil; against the tower rest the implements of labor, a shovel and flat rake. The movement is engraved "B". A significant clock movement maker, Etienne Tavernier (French, 1756-1839) is listed in Tardy's horology reference as working closely with the house of Abraham-Louis Breguet as well as providing clock movements...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mantel Clock by Henri Picard & Fedinand Barbedienne
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine French 19th Century Gilt-Bronze Figural Mantel Clock, Horloge à Poser, by Henri Picard and Fedinand Barbedienne - ‘F. Barbédienne & Cie. / A Paris’, after the model by É...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$46,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Late Victorian Chinoiserie decorated Letter rack
By Maple & Co.
Located in Dereham, GB
Late Victorian Chinoiserie decorated Letter rack
Black Laquered Background with gold detail
Depicting Figures bedside river scenes
foliage & leaf decoration
urn with flowers,
Sitting...
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Late 19th Century English Rococo Revival Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$644 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Pair Monumental Ormolu Mounted Malachite Obelisks 20th Century
Located in London, GB
A monumental pair of Neoclassical ormolu mounted malachite obelisks, Circa 1920 in date.
The square conforming malachite columns taper to pyramid shapes with applied decorative g...
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1920s Neoclassical Vintage Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Malachite, Ormolu
Vintage Italian Rococo Style Burl Wood Marquetry Commode with Cabriole Legs
Located in Morristown, NJ
Petite Italian bombe nightstand, circa 1940s. A serpentine form made from walnut a with lattice inlaid geometric parquetry design. The commode features two drawers, long cabriole leg...
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1940s Italian Rococo Vintage Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XVI Style Ormolu Figural Clock
Located in Astoria, NY
Louis XVI Style Ormolu Figural Clock, late 19th century, depicting a crouching Aphrodite with Cupid, above the circular enamel dial, strike on bel...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Pair of French or Russian Gilt Bronze Candelabra, circa 1830
Located in Milano, IT
Pair of thirteen-flame candelabra
France or Russia
Second quarter of 19th century
Cast, chiseled and gilt bronze
Height 40.95 in (cm 104), diameter 17,7 in (cm 45)
97 lb (44 kg)
Sta...
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1830s French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Late 19th Century Bookstand - Gilt Bronze - Renaissance Style- Large Model
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Gilt Bronze Display Stand — France, Late 19th Century
Elegant gilt bronze display stand made in France in the late 19th century. Crafted in the Renaissance Revival style, with decor...
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1880s French Renaissance Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century French Ormolu & Patinated Bronze Sculpture of a Seated Satyr
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th Century French Ormolu & Patinated Bronze Sculpture of a Seated Satyr
France, Circa 1875
A good quality 19th Century French Ormolu & Patinated Bronze Sculpture of a Seated Saty...
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19th Century Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Statuary Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
This magnificent antique 19th Century marble mantel with decorative gilt bronze mounts is after the fireplace in Marie Antionette"s Silver Boudoir at Fontainbleau. The Silver Boudoir...
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Statuary Marble, Ormolu
Fine Pair French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze & Marquetry Commodes
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine pair of French 19th century Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted floral marquetry Bombé commodes with marble top. The serpentine two-drawer commodes, with rosewood, king-wo...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
French Louis XVI Style Champlevé and Ormolu Inkwell Circa 1890
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions - H: 7 1/2in W: 10 1/2in D: 7 3/4in
This Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Champlevé and bronze Ormolu Inkwell is truly a sight to be seen! If we take a look at t...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
French Empire Bronze Mount of an Eagle Subduing a Serpent, Desmalter / Thomire
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French Empire Bronze Mount of an Eagle Subduing a Serpent, circa 1800–1820
School or Workshop Jacob-Desmalter/Thomire
A finely cast French Empire bronze mount depicting Napoleon’s ...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
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
Russian Neoclassic Mahogany Secretaire Chest
Located in Queens, NY
Russian Neoclassical (Early 19th Century) ormolu, & white marble mounted ebonized & mahogany secrétaire commode with top drawer desk and upper section.
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19th Century Russian Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Pair of Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Figural Candelabra
Located in Astoria, NY
Pair of Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Figural Six Branch Candelabra, late 19th century, each with a seated cherub supporting foliate branches, on a acanthus scrolled base and octagonal ...
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Late 19th Century European Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Marquetry Center Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine french 19th century Louis XVI style gilt bronze-mounted tulipwood, kingwood and fruitwood marquetry round side or center table, in the manner of Théodore Millet. The circ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
$24,500 Sale Price
30% Off
An Extremely Rare Pair of English Regency Period Chandeliers of Unusual Design
Located in Steyning, West sussex
An extremely rare pair of English Regency period eight-light cut glass and ormolu-mounted chandelierS of the finest quality the shaft centred by a tapered slice and diamond cut stem piece surmounted by a drop hung ormolu palm tree spray, this supporting tapered slice and diamond cut stem piece the shaft terminating with ormolu leaf decorated pan, the main drop hung double ring decorated with flower heads anthemion and issuing eight six-sided candle arms with drop hung van dyke edged drip pans supporting bullet shaped hurricane shades the main ring also supporting a basket of double pointed faceted spangles these supported by a finely chased leaf ormolu ring and lapidary cut finial. The chandelier richly draped with double pointed Regency spangles and finely chased ormolu four-way drop of a unique design. English circa 1805 Height 60in (152.4cm) Width 43in (109.2cm) For similar examples please see Martin Mortimer, The English glass chandelier, plate 70 the chandelier now at 1 Royal Crescent...
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19th Century British Regency Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
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 French Louis XVI Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Metal, Bronze, Ormolu
$3,700 / set
19th Century Decorative Box - Ormolu Gilt Bronze - French Napoleon III
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A refined Napoleon III period decorative box, made of ormolu gilt casted bronze. Richly ornate floral motifs. It has an illegible signature. The liner inside has been renewed. Includ...
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1860s French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu-Mounted Grandfather - Tall Case Clock
By Kahn
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine French 19th Century Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted amaranth, tulipwood, sycamore and parquetry pedestal "Régulateur de Parquet" Clock, after the model attributed to Jean-...
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Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$75,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Neoclassical Octagonal Green Guilloche & Ormolu Box, after Faberge
By Fabergé
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Neoclassical octagonal green Guilloche & Ormolu box, after Faberge
A fine late 20th century example, intricate, well executed example, with presentati...
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Late 20th Century Neoclassical Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Very Large Antique French Marble Ormolu Candelabrum Carrier-Belleuse Barbedienne
Located in London, GB
Very Large Antique French Marble Ormolu Candelabrum Carrier-Belleuse Barbedienne
French, Late 19th Century
Candelabra: Height 198cm, diameter 80cm
Base: Height 56cm, diameter 58cm
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Category
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
$263,054 Sale Price
30% 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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