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Material: Ormolu
Gilt Bronze and Sèvres Style Porcelain Clock Garniture
Located in London, GB
Gilt bronze and Sèvres style porcelain clock garniture
French, 19th century
Measures: Clock height 46cm, width 29cm, depth 24c...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Very Large Antique French Sevres Style Porcelain Vase
Located in London, GB
Very large antique French Sèvres style porcelain vase
French, Late 19th Century
Height 154cm, diameter 41cm
This fantastic vase is the work of J. Pascault, a famed porcelain artist of the late 19th Century who specialised in the production of Sevres-style pieces. It is beautifully executed, and especially impressive given its large size of one and a half metres (almost 5 feet) in height.
The vase is tall and slender in shape, set on a gilt bronze plinth, and surmounted by a cover with a pinecone finial. Its ovoid body is decorated around its exterior in the Rococo taste: showing a female figure and winged putti in a landscape...
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Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Victorian French Quality Burr Walnut Marble Top Ormolu Mounted Commode
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Victorian French quality burr walnut marble top ormolu mounted commode/chest of drawers having a serpentine shaped coloured marble top above two long bombe shaped burr walnut...
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19th Century French Victorian Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
A Strut Clock in The Manner of Thomas Cole by Howell, James & Co.
Located in Amersham, GB
This beautiful desk timepiece is a rare strut clock, in the form of a gilded scallop shell, with an engine turned silvered roman dial set behind a bevelled glass with distinctive fle...
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1860s English Baroque Revival Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XVI Style Commode Ormolu Bronze, Wood and Marble Top
Located in Bradenton, FL
A very fine late 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Commode mounted with ornate ormolu bronze fittings along the edges of drawers and sides. Features three small drawers over two la...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
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
Materials
Ormolu
Neoclassical Style Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Mounted Circular Table by Fournier
Located in London, GB
Neoclassical style porcelain and gilt bronze mounted circular table by Fournier
French, late 19th Century
Measures: height 75.5cm, diameter 76cm
This beautiful circular table is...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Monumental Royal Vienna Classical Porcelain Vase
Located in London, GB
Monumental Royal Vienna classical porcelain vase
Austria, 19th Century
Height 152cm, diameter 41cm
This magnificent vase was made by the renowned Royal Vienna Porcelain Manufactory ...
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19th Century Austrian Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of French Neoclassical Style Gilt Bronze and Cut Glass Lamps
Located in London, GB
Pair of French neoclassical style gilt bronze and cut glass lamps
French, 20th century
Dimensions: Height 75cm, width 24cm, depth 20cm
Designed in the neoclassical Louis XVI sty...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
An Exceptional Pair of Ormolu and Glass Triton Wall Lights by Lerolle of Paris
By Lerolle
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An Exceptional Pair of Ormolu and Glass Triton Wall Lights by Lerolle of Paris, c.1870, these extraordinary wall lights or sconces are conceived in the rococo revival fashion and wer...
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1870s French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Impressive 19th Century Viennese Enamel Table Cabinet
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive 19th century Viennese enamel table cabinet having gilded ormolu semi clad maidens surrounding two cherubs and a figure supporting a watch case.
Enamel panels aroun...
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1860s Austrian Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
Large Baroque Style Austrian Ormolu Mounted Musical Clock
Located in London, GB
Large Baroque style Austrian ormolu mounted musical clock
Austrian, early 19th Century
Total height: 211cm
Clock: Height 135cm, width 86cm, depth 52
Stand: Height 76cm, width 81c...
Category
Early 19th Century Austrian Baroque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Fine Quality Pair of Patinated and Gilt-Bronze and Marble Three-Light Candelabra
Located in New York, NY
A neoclassical-form woman holding two candle arms with leaves and grapes surmounted on a rectangular base.
Date: 19th century
Origin: French
Dimension: 24 1/2 in. x 9 in.
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century Pair of Antique Satin Birch Demilune Cabinets by Mellier & Co.
Located in London, GB
A pair of display cabinets
By C. Mellier & Co.
Constructed in fine satin birch, the demi-lune display cabinets having a gentle breakfront form, and rising from toupie feet, the glazed facets enclosed within ormolu stiff leaf moulding, the central lockable doors flanked by brass fluted pilasters; the interiors mahogany lined with a single shelf, and mirrored backs. The whole surmounted by Carrara marble tops with a three-quarter pierced gallery. Stamped "C. Mellier & Co."
English, circa 1890
French born, Charles Mellier...
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19th Century English Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of French 1920s Gilt Louis XV Style Sconces
Located in Buchanan, NY
Elegant pair of French 1920s gilt bronze sconces with two arms in the Louis XV style. Very good vintage condition, but will need to be wired.
Ref #: LS0408-09
Dimensions: 19"H x 10...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Large Regence Style Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat
Located in London, GB
Of classical rectangular form, the four cabriole legs capped by ormolu female masks, with a further two masks to the sides, with three drawers and a leather writing surface
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Imperial Center Table, Frame and Top Mount in Porcelain with Sevres Style Bronze
Located in Berlin, DE
Imperial center table, Frame and top mount in porcelain with Sevres style bronze
Ormolu mounts and porcelain inlays, base with 3 x feet. The mag...
Category
20th Century French Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
Four Antique Rococo Style Gilt Bronze Wall Sconces
Located in London, GB
These gilt bronze (ormolu) wall sconces (lights) are elaborate and highly elegant in their design. They are fashioned in the Rococo style, after decorative arts of the Louis XV perio...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Bronze, Ormolu and Marble Statue
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and very high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated bronze, ormolu, and Notre Dame marble statue signed Clodion. The statue is raised on an elegant Notre Dam...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of Early 19th Century Ormolu Candlestick Lamps
Located in London, GB
A pair of early 19th Century ormolu Candlesticks having beaded nozzles, supported on tapering stems with lion's paw feet ending on engine turned circular bases. Now converted to lamp...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Set of Four French 19th Century Louis XV St. Ormolu Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A superb and most impressive set of four French 19th century Louis XV st. ormolu candelabras, signed by Robert Frères. Each candelabra is raised by an elegant scalloped shape base wi...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Painted KPM Porcelain Vases
Located in New York, NY
Fine quality pair of painted KPM porcelain vases
Date: 19th century
Origin: German
Dimension: 16 1/2 in. x 9 1/2 in.
Category
19th Century German Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Fine Quality Pair of Sèvres Style Porcelain Vases and Cover by M. Demonceaux
Located in New York, NY
An exceptional pair of 19th century Sèvres style covered Urns finely decorated with continuous scenes of classical maidens and putti in detailed landscapes, each signed ‘M. Demonceau...
Category
19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Very Fine Late 19th Century Sèvres Style Porcelain Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Fine Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze and Sèvres Style Porcelain Vase
Covered top with an acorn style finial, above a long decorated spiral neck with raised gilt designs, the body s...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
A pair of Regency period bronze and ormolu Griffin lustres
Located in London, GB
A pair of early 19th Century Regency period bronze & ormolu Lustre Candlesticks, having floral sconces above leaf frond canopies raised on triple griffin supports ending on stepped c...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th Century Vernis Martin Cabinet with Ormolu Mounts
Located in London, GB
A Vernis Martin cabinet in the Louis XVI manner
Constructed in mahogany, with extensive ormolu mounts; the square rectangular tapering legs, d...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock by Sevin and Barbedienne
Located in London, GB
This ormolu clock is an exemplary work by the famous French 19th century metalworker and foundry-owner, Ferdiand Barbedienne. Working with a design made by the acclaimed onamentalist, Louis-Constant...
Category
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Exceptional 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Vernis Martin Cabinet By Beurdeley
Located in Long Island City, NY
An Exceptional Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Louis XVI Style Vernis Martin, Marquetry and Parquetry Cabinet By Beurdeley
Louis Auguste Alfred Beurdeley
The serpentine shape...
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Mid-19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Russian 19th Century Neoclassical St. Ormolu, Crystal, Glass & Mirror Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely elegant Russian 19th century Neo-Classical st. ormolu, crystal, glass, and mirror chandelier. The eight arm chandelier displays a striking circular wrap arou...
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19th Century Russian Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Pair of French Louis XV Style Gilt and White Painted Doors
Located in Queens, NY
4 PairS of French Louis XV style (late 19th Century) parcel gilt & white painted doors with ormolu hardware & steel locks, (PRICED PER Pair).
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Napoleon III Period Mahogany, Ormolu and Marble Console
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Napoleon III Period Mahogany, Ormolu and marble console. The freestanding console is raised by four topie shaped fee...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Fruitwood and Marble Top Round Side Table
Located in Germantown, MD
Early 20th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Fruitwood and dark green veined Marble Top Round Side Table.
Measures 15.5" in width, 15.5" in depth and 29.5" in height.
Category
Early 20th Century American Louis XV Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Antique French Louis Revival Marqutry Ormolu Occasional Table 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique French Louis Revival marquetry and ormolu mounted walnut and king wood serpentine side table, circa 1850 in date.
The beautiful shaped marquetry top is ...
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1850s French Revival Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XIV St. Ormolu Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and very high quality French 19th century Louis XIV st. ormolu chandelier. The chandelier is centered by a fine bottom acorn finial below the mottled topie shaped body enc...
Category
19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
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...
Category
1830s French Louis Philippe Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Set of 6 French Louis Revival Twin Branch Wall Lights 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a lovely set of six of antique Louis Revival ormolu twin branch wall lights, circa 1920 in date.
The lights feature scrolling arms with blossoming flower drip pans, the tap...
Category
1920s Vintage Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Large Antique Late 19th Century French Cut Glass and Bronze Chandelier
Located in London, GB
Large antique late 19th century French cut glass and bronze chandelier
French, c. 1880
Dimensions: Height 250cm, diameter 200cm
Consisting of 27 lights, this splendid chandelier...
Category
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Mahogany and Ormolu Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany and ormolu desk. The desk is raised by fine topie shaped feet with striking fitted ormolu acanthus leaf sabots ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century French Bronze Bull on Ormolu-Mounted Griotte Rouge Marble Plinth
Located in London, GB
A Bronze Model of a Bull
After the Antique
The cast bronze animal with a patinated finish, standing on an ormolu-mounted griotte rouge marble plinth supported on gilt bronze bun fee...
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19th Century French Greco Roman Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Griotte Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
French Sevres Style Porcelain and Ormolu-Mounted Lyre Clock
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A French Sevres style cobalt blue lyre clock with finely cast ormolu sunburst and floral swagged mounts with jewelled bezel, pretty floral swa...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Large Pair of Antique French Marble and Ormolu Candelabra by Paul Sormani
By Paul Sormani
Located in London, GB
Large pair of antique French marble and ormolu candelabra by Paul Sormani
French, Late 19th Century
Height 210cm, width 40cm, depth 34cm
Crafted in the elegant Louis XVI style by P...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
A Fine Sèvres-Style Porcelain and Gilt-Bronze Mounted Ebonised Centre Table
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Fine Sèvres-Style Porcelain and Gilt-Bronze Mounted Ebonised Centre Table
The top inset with a turquoise ground central plaque of Francis I (1494-1547) at the Battle of Pavia, sig...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Large Rococo Style Gilt-Bronze and Marble Candelabra
Located in London, GB
Pair of large Rococo style gilt-bronze and marble candelabra
French, Late 19th Century
Measures: height 106cm, width 46/53cm, depth 23cm
These superb antique candelabra were mad...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Large English Late 19th Century Ormolu Strut Clock in Manner of Cole
Located in London, GB
Large beautifully cut and engraved ormolu English Victorian strut clock in the manner of Cole. Silvered dial with engine turned centre with beaut...
Category
1860s English Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Sky Blue Ormolu and Sevres Style Porcelain Vases
Located in London, GB
Fine sky blue sevres style vases with gilded ormolu mounts around the neck, sides and the base, the pictures in the vases depicts three birds on a tree with leaves around them.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Rare French Empire ormolu and patinated bronze portefaix clock signed Alibert
Located in London, GB
Extremely rare antique French Empire ormolu and patinated bronze portefaix mantel clock signed in the bronze Alibert with two tune musical base also signed Alibert. This model is bas...
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1810s French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French Louis XVI style writing table, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th Century French Mahogany bureau plat in the style of Louis XVI.
Having an inset leather top, a frieze drawer, gilded ormolu mounts and raised on elegant ...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
An Important Rare 18th C. Ormolu Mounted Meissen Porcelain Putti Clock Grouping
Located in New York, NY
An Incredible and Quite Important 18th Century Ormolu Mounted Meissen Porcelain Putti Clock Grouping. The composition is enriched with two putti positione...
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18th Century German Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu Frame
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu frame. The rectangular frame displays its original glass pane framed within a finely chased Coeur de Rai pattern and beaded design...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pair Of French 19th Century Belle Epoque Period Ormolu Chandeliers
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite and small scale pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. Belle Epoque Period Ormolu chandeliers. The five arm chandeliers are centered by a smooth elegant spherical f...
Category
19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Gilt Bronze Egyptian Revival Candlesticks
Located in Hudson, NY
An interesting pair of gilt bronze Egyptian Revival candlesticks with a very architectural feel and dramatic facial reliefs and the lower pylon shaped base embellished with central m...
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19th Century Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Mahogany and Ormolu Mounted Commode De Chateau
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and grand scale French mid 19th century Louis XVI style flamed mahogany and ormolu mounted Commode de Chateau after a model by Guillaume Beneman, Joseph Stöckel and att...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
A Large Gilt Bronze and Glass 'Versailles' Hall Lantern
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Late 19th/Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze and Glass ‘Versailles’ Hall Lantern
After the Versailles model, of octagonal and cage form, with a corona finial above scallop shells, fi...
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Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Gilt Bronze and Hardstone Inlay Napoleon III Period Clock Set by Barbedienne
Located in London, GB
Gilt bronze and hardstone inlay Napoleon III period clock set by Barbedienne
French, 19th century
Measures: Clock: Height 50cm, width 23cm, depth 16c...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Stone, Ormolu, Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Mahogany and Ormolu Writing Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI St. mahogany and ormolu writing desk, attributed to F. Linke. The lovely desk is raised by circular ta...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Set of Six French 19th Century Neoclassical Style Three-Arm Ormolu Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning high quality complete set of six French 19th century Neo-Classical st. three arm ormolu sconces. Each sconce in centered by a striking pierced palmette backplate from wher...
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Ornate Pair of French Gilt Brass Floral Wall Lights
Located in London, GB
A pair of French gilt-bronze twin branch wall lights in the Régence style, each with ribbon-tied tapering backplate with foliate terminals, the down-swept branches with glass shades ...
Category
Early 20th Century Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Impressive Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mounted Pedestal
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive good quality 19th century marble topped, marquetry inlaid pedestal, having wonderful gilded ormolu mounts of scrolling foli...
Category
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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