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Material: Ormolu
19th Century English Sheraton Bookcase Cabinet
Located in Forney, TX
Elegant sophistication at its finest, an outstanding, very fine quality, monumental sized, early 19th century English Sheraton two piece bookcase cabinet. The exquisitely handcrafted...
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Early 19th Century Sheraton Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Bronze, Ormolu

Antique 19th Century French Ormolu and Crystal Beaded Chandelier.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Magnificent Quality Antique 19th Century French Ormolu and Crystal Beaded Chandelier.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Crystal, Ormolu

Monumental 19th Century Pair of French Rouge Marble and Gilt Bronze Urns
Located in New York, NY
A monumental pair of baluster form gilt bronze-mounted Cipollino Verde mandolato marble urns. The spiral fluted neck surmounted by an integral bell fo...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Marble, Ormolu

A Louis XVI Style Mahogany Commode
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Small Gilt-Bronze Mounted Louis XVI Style Mahogany Commode With a Grey Marble Top. This fine commode has a shaped grey marble top with canted corners, above a frieze with a gilt-...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Marble, Ormolu

Vintage Pair Corinthian Column Ormolu & Glass Table Lamps Mid 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is an impressive vintage pair of ormolu and glass classical corinthian column & urn table lamp, circa Mid 20th Century in date. Each lamp features a classical urn capital with ...
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Mid-20th Century Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

Gilt Bronze Louis XVI-Style Cabinet Attrib. François Linke
Located in New York, NY
The Louis XVI style is characterized by a yearn to return to antiquity. Greatly influenced by the first ever large scale archaeological excavations ever done, Pompeii in 1748 and the...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Mahogany, Four Door, Three-Drawer Buffet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. mahogany, four door, three drawer buffet. The buffet is raised by beautiful circular tapered legs with fine ormolu sabots. At the center ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

19th Century Antique French Neoclassical Style Gilt Bronze Clock Garniture
Located in Dublin, IE
An exceptional quality three-piece clock set designed in a grand neoclassical style by 'Domange Rollin Rue de Bretagne Paris'. France. The set is comprised of a central clock and tw...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Enamel, Ormolu

French Mid-19th Century Louis XV Style Kingwood and Ormolu Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and high quality French mid-19th century Louis XV style kingwood and ormolu bureau plat. The desk is raised by elegant cabriole legs with fine fitted wraparound ormolu sab...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

French 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu and Tortoiseshell box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A high quality and most elegant French 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu and Tortoiseshell box. This truly stunning rectangular box is raised on four scrolling Ormolu acanthus leaf le...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

French 19th Century Empire Style Mahogany, Ormolu and Marble Buffet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning French 19th century Empire st. flamed mahogany, ormolu and fossilized black marble Buffet. The buffet is raised by elegant circular feet below striking architectural colum...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Marble, Ormolu

Classical French 19th Century Chandelier
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality late 19th century gilded ormolu and bronze chandelier, having a knotted drape with a bronze cherub, six foliate leaf decorated branches with sconces. Measures: 95cm hi...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Bronze, Ormolu

French Empire Pair of ormolu figural two branch candelabra
Located in London, GB
An impressive pair of early 19th century French Empire ormolu candelabra, in the form of winged figures of standing ladies, holding aloft flowerhead decorated nozzles, linked by flor...
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1810s Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

French Antique Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Chinoiserie Commode
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A magnificent 19th century French Louis XV style Chinoiserie ebonized lacquered gilt bronze-mounted commode. Of serpentine bombé form with a marble top, containing two drawers, the f...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Marble, Ormolu

Napoleon III Ormolu Mounted Tulipwood Bureau Plat Attributed To Wassmus
Located in Essex, MA
The identical desk and possibly the same one pictured in Les Ebenistes Du XIX Siecle by Denise Ledoux-Lebard. Page 621. Provenance Sothebys London Nove...
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1860s French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

A French Empire Ormolu Mounted Guéridon/Center-table w/ a Green Marble Top
Located in New York, NY
A French Empire Guéridon/Center-table with Egyptian Revival Bronze winged Figural Mounts with a circular Green Verde Antico marble top, supported by a mahogany base with gilded bronz...
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1820s French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Marble, Ormolu

Giant Rouge Marble Carriage Clock
Located in Amersham, GB
This oversized 'Carriage clock' in an xquisite rouge marble case with gilded mounts and handle, has an eight day movement with english lever platform escapement striking on a bell. T...
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1870s French Late Victorian Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Griotte Marble, Ormolu

French 19th century Empire st. flamed Mahogany, Ormolu and Verde Marble cabinets
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most impressive pair of French 19th century Empire st. flamed Mahogany, Ormolu, and Verde Antico Marble cabinets. Each four drawer two door cabinet is raised by two fr...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Marble, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal Présentoire
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very decorative French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and Baccarat crystal Présentoire. The centerpiece is raised by a solid Baccarat crystal base...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Crystal, Ormolu

Empire Gilt Bronze Picture Frame
Located in London, GB
Empire gilt bronze picture frame French, 19th Century Measures: Height 11cm, width 8cm, depth 0.5cm The rectangular picture frame featur...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

Empire Gilt Bronze Picture Frame
Empire Gilt Bronze Picture Frame
$1,042 Sale Price
20% Off
Four Antique Gilt Bronze Fifteen-Light Wall Sconces
Located in London, GB
These gilt bronze (ormolu) wall sconces are magnificent pieces, each holding fifteen lights. The sconces will look beautiful either mounted onto the wall in a line, or paired and pla...
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu, Bronze

French 19th century Empire st. Mahogany, Ormolu and Fossilized marble cabinet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and high quality French 19th century Empire st. Mahogany, Ormolu and Fossilized marble cabinet. This wonderful demi lune shaped cabinet is raised on four Mahogany block fe...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Marble, Ormolu

true pair of French 19th century Bronze, Ormolu and Marble candelabra lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most attractive and high quality true pair of French mid 19th century Empire st. patinated Bronze, Ormolu and Vert de Patricia Marble candelabra lamps. Each stunning electrified ca...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

French, Neoclassical Gilt-Bronze and Rouge Griotte Marble Pedestal
Located in London, GB
French Neoclassical gilt-bronze and rouge griotte marble pedestal. French, 19th century. Measures: height 123 cm, width 41 cm, depth 41 cm. In an hi...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Griotte Marble, Ormolu

Cave a Liqueur with Chinoiserie Inlay Late 19th Century
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Cave a Liqueur with chinoiserie lacquer Date : Late 19th century Period : Third Republic Origin : France Decoration : Cover with chinoiserie scene with classic fence patter...
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Late 19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

Antique French Louis XV Kingwood Etagere Side Table, Manner of François Linke
Located in London, GB
An antique French louis xv revival kingwood and ormolu etagere in the manner of francois linke, late 19th century The circular quarter veneered and cross banded top with a pierced...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Brass, Ormolu

French Ormolu Mantel Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
French ormolu mantel clock standing on a stepped base and resting on turned, chased feet with acanthus leaf decoration below a finely chased...
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1830s French Louis Philippe Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

19th Century French Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Boulle Secretary Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th Century French Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Boulle Secretary Desk Having a writing section along with a two door commode for mail secretary need...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Brass, Ormolu

French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal Marie Antoinette chandelier. This fantastic eight arm twenty light chandelier i...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Crystal, Ormolu

A Regency mahogany wine cooler
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Regency mahogany wine cooler, of sarcophagus form with reeded ebony edges and mouldings, applied with ormolu lion’s mask ring handles and bold lion’s paw feet, the hinged top openi...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu And Crystal Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Crystal chandelier. The twelve light chandelier displays a wonderful montgolfière shape centered by a stunning bottom crystal ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Crystal, Ormolu

Pair of Early 19th C. French Ormolu Covered Vases, Signed Clodion
Located in New York, NY
An Extraordinary Pair of Early 1800's French Ormolu Covered Vases, in the style of CLAUDE MICHEL, Signed Clodion. After the original terracotta vase by Clodion in 1763. These ormolu vases represent an extraordinary confluence of painting and sculpture in 18th century French art...
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1830s French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Mahogany, Ormolu, Bronze and Glass Vitrine
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A rare and extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany, ormolu, silvered bronze, and glass circular vitrine cabinet attributed t...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Bronze, Ormolu

French Empire Ormolu and Patinated Bronze Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
Antique French Charles X period "Au bon Sauvage" mantel clock. Very rare, this is not a model we have ever seen before, possibly a one off. Set upon f...
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1820s Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Bronze, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XV St. Kingwood and Ormolu Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant French 19th century Louis XV st. kingwood and ormolu desk. The desk is raised by beautiful cabriole legs with fine wrap around ormolu sabots and a striking ormolu fill...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

Excellent Late 19th Century Bronze Mounted Tea Table Attributed to Paul Sormani
Located in Long Island City, NY
An Excellent Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Louis XV Style Two Tier Tea Table Attributed to Paul Sormani Attributed to Paul Sormani The oval upper tier surmounted by a bron...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Bronze, Ormolu

Pair of Large French Bronze and Gilt-Bronze Candelabra
By François Rémond
Located in London, GB
This impressive pair of candelabra features two Classically modelled maidens, holding above their head an extravagant fruit-filled golden array, which each issue a trio of candle-bra...
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Bronze, Ormolu

Large Antique Victorian Quality China and Ormolu Table Lamp
Located in Suffolk, GB
Large antique Victorian quality china and ormolu table lamp having a quality antique Victorian table lamp with ornate ormolu mounts. A...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

Pair of French Empire Ormolu and Patinated Bronze Two Branch Candelabra
Located in London, GB
A fine pair of French Empire patinated bronze and ormolu figural two branch candelabra. Set on square ormolu socle with cylinder ormolu stem wit...
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1810s French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Bronze, Ormolu

Pair Antique French Ormolu Mounted Sevres Porcelain Lamps, circa 1860-1870
Located in New Orleans, LA
Fabulous Pair Antique French Ormolu Mounted Sevres Porcelain Lamps, Circa 1860-1870.
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

G.V. Vaerenbergh, Marble and Ormolu Bust of a Young Girl
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An enchanting late 19th, early 20th century marble and gilded ormolu bust depicting a pretty young Dutch maiden. Signed; G.V. Vaerenbergh. Gustave Van Vaerenbergh (1873 - 1927) was...
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Late 19th Century Belgian Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Carrara Marble, Ormolu

Charles X Ormolu and Paris Porcelain Clock
Located in London, GB
A FINE CHARLES X ORMOLU AND PARIS PORCELAIN CLOCK, THE ORMOLU ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN FRANCOIS DENIERE, CIRCA 1830. The dial signed Bourdon Hr du Roi...
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19th Century Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

Vintage Large English Cut Glass Table Lamp Late 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a large and elegant English cut glass table lamp, late 20th century in date.   This elegant lamp has a sophisticated cut glass body raised on a splendid ormolu base.  The bod...
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Late 20th Century English Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Marquetry and Parquetry Cabinet by Millet
Located in Long Island City, NY
Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Louis XVI Style Inlaid Marquetry and Parquetry Cabinet By Theodore Millet By Theodore Millet The large marble t...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Pair of French Gilt Bronze Mounted Sèvres Style Porcelain Vases
Located in London, GB
These beautiful porcelain vases feature elegant Rococo-style decorations in the manner of the Sèvres manufactures. The vases feature slightly flared cylindrical porcelain bodies ...
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19th Century French Rococo Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Mahogany, Ormolu, and Marble Buffet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional and most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany, ormolu, and white Carrara marble buffet attributed to Maison Krieger. The two door three drawer buffet is raised by lovely circular tapered fluted legs with fine mottled ormolu sabots and wrap around top bands. Above the straight frieze are two central drawers showcasing the beautiful Mahogany grain framed within a beaded ormolu band with a richly chased foliate keyhole escutcheon and flanked by fluted columns. Each open side displays two curved display...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Carrara Marble, Ormolu

19th Century French Egyptian Revival Part Ormolu D'appliques Wall Lights, c 1830
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th century French neoclassical pair of ormolu bronze d'appliques wall lights in an Egyptian revival style. These have been part gilt to enhance the detailed figures, each w...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Bronze, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Marble and Ormolu Cassolettes
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very attractive pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. white Carrara marble and ormolu cassolettes with all original gilt. The pair are raised by a thick square shaped marble ba...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Carrara Marble, Ormolu

Pair of 19th Century Monumental Sèvres Style Napoleonic Cobalt Vases
Located in New York, NY
Monumental Pair of Sèvres style Porcelain hand painted cobalt ground Napoleonic vases and cover The bodies well-painted to show cavalry scenes from t...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

A Fine Quality Pair of Louis XV-style Ormolu-Mounted and Fleur de Pêcher Marble
Located in New York, NY
Louis XV-style Ormolu-Mounted and Fleur de Pêcher Marble Cassolets by Jollet & CIE Each with the stamp 'Jollet et Cie, Ave. Mon Colin A Paris' to the und...
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19th Century French Baroque Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Marble, Ormolu

Very Fine Gilt Bronze Régence Style Antique Chandelier
Located in London, GB
Gilt bronze Régence style antique chandelier. French, 19th century Measures: height 85cm, diameter 96cm This beautiful chandelier has been cast in gilt bronze, designed to refle...
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19th Century French Regency Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

French 18th Century Louis XV Period Rosewood And Brèche D’Alep Marble Commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and very high quality French 18th century Louis XV period Rosewood, exotic wood, ormolu, and Brèche d'Alep marble commode. The two drawer chest is raised by elegant light...
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Marble, Ormolu

Ormolu-Mounted Marquetry Roll-Top Desk Attributed to P. Bernard
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in London, GB
After the model by Jean-Henri Riesener (French, 1734-1806). Of the Napoleon III period, in the Louis XVI style, with fruitwood and ebony inlaid in bois de citronnier, mahogany and amaranth, with a three-quarter galleried rectangular top above a roll-top, opening to reveal a leather-lined writing slide with four short drawers and five pigeon holes, the frieze centred by a push button drawer...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

Pair of Neoclassical Style Gilt Bronze and Marble Vases
Located in London, GB
Pair of neoclassical style gilt bronze and marble vases French, early 20th century Measures: Height 52cm, width 21cm, depth 19cm Each vase in this pair, crafted from gilt bronze...
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Early 20th Century French Empire Ormolu Furniture

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Marble, Ormolu, Bronze

Antique 18th Century French Blue Porcelain Bowl with 19th Century Ormolu Mounts.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Rare Antique 18th Century French Blue & Gold Porcelain Bowl with 19th Century Ormolu Mounts.
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

19th Century English Walnut and Ormolu Mounted Centre Table
Located in London, GB
A very fine and substantial centre table in the Louis XVI in the Manner of Holland & Sons Of exceptional quality, utilising beautifully grained woods, including Circassian walnut,...
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Mid-19th Century British Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

Fantastic Pair of Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Vitrines by Paul Sormani
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Fantastic Pair of Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Demilune Vitrines By Paul Sormani Paul Sormani Each with balustrade galleries and raised on spiral decorat...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Bronze, Ormolu

Antique French Louis XV Style Heavily Detailed Inlay wi Leather Topped Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique French Louis XV Style Heavily Detailed Inlay Kingswood & Mahogany with Brass Ormolu Mounted Blue Leather Topped 3 Drawer Writing Desk A stunning piece that combines exquisit...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Ormolu Furniture

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Brass, Ormolu

Japanese 19th Century Imari Porcelain And French Louis XV St. Ormolu Centerpiece
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and extremely decorative Japanese 19th century Imari porcelain and French Louis XV st. Ormolu centerpiece/urn. This stunning centerpiece is raised by a circular pierced...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture

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Ormolu

19th Century French Blue Porcelain Elephant Clock Set in the Chinoiserie Style
Located in London, GB
A French Garniture de Cheminée in the Chinoiserie Taste Constructed in blue turquoise porcelain with gilt highlights, Algerian onyx and bronze, ...
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19th Century French Chinoiserie 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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