Gilt Bronze Mounted Chinese Canton Famille Rose Porcelain Lamps
Located in London, GB
These elegant lamps are crafted from Chinese Canton famille rose porcelain and mounted with French gilt bronze (ormolu). The lamps featur...
Ormolu, Bronze
Second Empire Period Ormolu Mounted Commode by Sormani
By Paul Sormani
Located in London, GB
Second Empire period ormolu mounted commode by Sormani French, c. 1860 Measures: Height 86cm, width 151cm, depth 65cm This superb commode is ...
Serpentine, Bronze, Ormolu
$11,820 / set
Pair 19th Century Kingwood Pier Cabinets
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of 19th century French kingwood, ormolu-mounted pier cabinets, each with the original marble tops and 'Sevres' porcelain plaques to the doors.
Ormolu
A French late 19th century Louis XVI st. Crystal and Ormolu box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and most decorative French late 19th century Louis XVI st. Crystal and Ormolu box. This charming open box is raised by an Ormolu bottom band above ball supports. Above is ...
Crystal, Ormolu
Italian Grand Tour Period Bronze, Ormolu and Marble Gladiator statue
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A unique and extremely decorative Italian 19th century Grand Tour Period patinated Bronze, Ormolu and Rouge Griotte marble statue of a Gladiator. This wonderful statue is raised by a...
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu lamps
By Baccarat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu lamps. Each most stunning Crystal lamp is raised by a mottled square Ormolu base ...
Crystal, Ormolu
Antique Louis XV Style Patinated and Gilt Bronze Clock
Located in London, GB
Designed in a fanciful Louis XV style, this beautiful mantel clock takes the form of an Asian elephant, saddled with a howdah (carriage). The clock features a patinated sculpture of ...
Enamel, Ormolu, Bronze
Exceptional 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Vernis Martin Cabinet By Beurdeley
By Louis August Alfred Beurdeley 1
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...
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu, Glass, and Crystal Girandole lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu, Glass, and Crystal Girandole lamps. Each beautiful four arm Girandole is raised on a circular stepped Orm...
Crystal, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XV St. Kingwood, Ormolu and Brèche D'alep Side Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and high quality French 19th century Louis XV st. Kingwood, ormolu and Brèche d'Alep side table. The one drawer rectangular side table is raised by slender cabriole legs w...
Marble, Ormolu
French 19th century Napoleon III Period Fruitwood and Ormolu desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A magnificent and high quality French 19th century Napoleon III Period Regence st. Ebonized Fruitwood, Leather and Ormolu Boulle desk. This stunning three drawer desk is raised by fo...
Ormolu
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Tulipwood, Kingwood, Ormolu, and marble table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and high quality French mid 19th century Louis XVI st. Tulipwood, Kingwood, Ormolu, and Breche D'Alep marble center table. This stunning rectangular table is raised by fou...
Marble, Ormolu
Pair 18th Century Meissen Porcelain & French Doré Three Arm Bronze Candelabras
Located in New York, NY
18th Century Meissen Porcelain and French Doré Bronze Candelabras with Applied Porcelain Flowers Step into an era where Meissen porcelain meets French doré bronze in a harmonious bl...
Ormolu
Gilt Bronze-Mounted Amphora Shaped Sèvres Style Porcelain Vase and Cover
Located in New York, NY
A fine quality elegant pair of bronze mounted Amphora shaped Sèvres style polychrome enamel glazed and decorated foot and covered porcelain vases. The ovoid shaped vases with a summe...
Ormolu
Charles X Ormolu French Mantel Clock Surmounted by Lion
Located in London, GB
A French antique Charles X period ormolu mantel clock. The ormolu in excellent original condition and the case of very heavy, dense construction. All parts are beautifully cast. The ...
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...
Marble, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Three Piece Garniture Set, Signed Denière
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. three piece garniture set, signed Denière, Paris. The elegant set includes a pair of two arm candelabras raised on sq...
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century Ormolu-Mounted Burr Walnut Table in the Louis XVI Style by Pretot
Located in London, GB
A Superb Library Table in the Louis XVI Manner By Maison Pretot of Paris Of exceptional quality, constructed using beautifully grained woods, including burr walnut, boxwood, and syc...
Ormolu
pair of Continental 19th century Neo-Classical st. Ormolu and Glass lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and most decorative pair of Continental 19th century Neo-Classical st. Ormolu and Glass lamps. Each wonderful lamp is raised by a square stepped base with an acanthus leaf...
Ormolu
French Mid-19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu Candelabra Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A unique and elegant French mid-19th century Louis XV st. ormolu candelabra lamp, with inkwells and adjustable screen. The lamp is raised by a k...
Ormolu
French Mahogany Gilt Bronze Console Desserte by F.Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very beautiful console in mahogany and ormolu bronze by F.Linke The quality and the details are of exceptional work. This piece of furniture can go with all decoration thanks to its...
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Marble and Ormolu Urns, Signed E. Kahn
By E. Kahn
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Sarrancolin marble and ormolu urns, signed E. KAHN. Each urn is raised by a square marble base with a fine bottom ormolu fill...
Marble, Ormolu
Pair of French Ormolu and Porcelain Candelabra
Located in London, GB
A fine pair of antique French porcelain and fire gilded ormolu candelabra. Superb quality ormolu and very finely hand painted celeste porcelain. The candleholders are of celeste porc...
Ormolu
Italian 19th century Neo-Classical st. Scagliola and Ormolu pedestal
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome Italian 19th century Neo-Classical st. Scagliola and Ormolu pedestal. This wonderfully detailed dark faux painted marble column is raised on an octagonal base displaying a...
Ormolu
A French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Onyx andiron set
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Onyx andiron set. This stunning and complete three piece set consist of two andirons and a central pierced Ormolu fire gua...
Onyx, Ormolu
A French late 19th century Ormolu, patinated Bronze and Onyx side table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very attractive French late 19th century Transitional st. Ormolu, patinated Bronze and Onyx side table. This wonderful kidney shaped table is raised by elegant Ormolu cabriole legs...
Onyx, Bronze, Ormolu
$25,032 / set
Pair of French Gilt and Patinated Bronze Wall Lights
Located in London, GB
Pair of French gilt and patinated bronze wall lights French, 20th Century Height 103cm, width 50cm, depth 44cm Drawing inspiration from the sophisticated Empire style, these wall li...
Bronze, Ormolu
Contemporary Gilt and Silvered Bronze Animalier Coffee Table
Located in London, GB
Contemporary gilt and silvered bronze animalier coffee table Continental, 21st Century Height 58cm, width 160cm, depth 80cm This wonderful coffee table is after an example of JM David...
Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu vanity mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning a high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu vanity mirror. This wonderful oval beveled vanity mirror rests atop a circular stepped pedestal with a cherub sitti...
Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Porcelain and Ormolu Lidded Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. porcelain and ormolu lidded urns. Each urn is raised by a square ormolu base with elegant Greek key designs at ...
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...
Ormolu
French 18th Century Régence Period Walnut, Fruitwood, Ormolu, and Marble Commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant French 18th century Régence period walnut, fruitwood, ormolu, and Caunes marble commode. The three drawers serpentine-shaped chest is raised by beautiful cabriole legs...
Marble, Ormolu
A Pair of Napoléon III 'Corinthian' Pedestals, Attributed Maison Millet
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Pair of Napoléon III Gilt-Bronze and Marble 'Corinthian' Pedestals, Attributed to Maison Millet. Each with square rouge griotte marble top and column. The Corinthian capitals fine...
Marble, Ormolu
Early 19th Century Empire Ormolu Mantel Clock, La Lecture, Paris, c. 1813
Located in Greven, DE
Pendule La Lieuse - The Reader Paris Bronze, marble, enamel Empire around 1813 Dimensions: H x W x D: 30 x 30 x 15 cm Description: The "La Lieuse" pendulum is probably the best-kn...
Enamel, Ormolu
Fine Antique French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze and Cut Rock Crystal Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A fine antique French Louis XV style gilt bronze and cut rock crystal chandelier. The chandelier is structured around a central stem from which twelve scrolling gilt bronze arms exte...
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Ormolu
Pair of Mid-19th Century Ormolu Candlestick Lamps
Located in London, GB
A pair of mid-19th century ormolu candlesticks with engine-turned detail throughout, having urn-shaped nozzles and tapering stems with vase-shape to the bottom, ending on circular ba...
Ormolu
Pair Of Italian 18th Century Transitional St. Walnut And Ormolu Commodes
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and high quality pair of Italian 18th century Transitional st. Walnut and Ormolu commodes. Each beautiful two drawer commode is raised on four square cabriole legs below t...
Ormolu
pair of French 19th century Neo-Classical st. Ormolu sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant pair of French 19th century Neo-Classical st. Ormolu sconces. This stunning pair of two arm sconces displays a central rosette with two crossed arrows. At the front are tw...
Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant pair of French 19th century Neo-Classical st. ormolu and Baccarat crystal lamps. Each lamp is raised by a beautiful square cut crystal base with a beautiful wrap aroun...
Crystal, Ormolu
Napoleon III Period Gilt Bronze Clock and Barometer, Attributed to Raingo Frères
Located in London, GB
This stunning gilt bronze clock and barometer pair was created in circa 1860 in France. The two have been attributed to Raingo Frères, the prestigious, ...
Enamel, Ormolu, Bronze
$5,560Sale Price|20% Off
Magnificent French Neoclassical Ormolu Mounted Verdigris Marble Pedestal
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Magnificent French Neoclassical Ormolu Mounted Verdigris Marble Pedestal France, Paris, Late 19th century This magnificent French neoclassical ormolu mounted verdigris marble pede...
Marble, Ormolu
Vienna Style Porcelain Vases with Ormolu, Signed, Austria, Circa 1910
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 ...
Ormolu
A Massive Pair of French Empire Style Gilt Bronze-Mounted Malachite Urns, C.1950
Located in Tarzana, CA
A Massive Pair of French Empire Style Gilt Bronze-Mounted Malachite Urns, C.1950. Each with Berainesque gilt bronze tracery cast everted rim above a ves...
Malachite, Ormolu, Bronze
French 19th Louis XVI St. Ormolu Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant French 19th Louis XVI st. ormolu chandelier. The six arm chandelier is centered by a lovely mottled topie shaped bottom finial. The body displays a decorative stepped ...
Ormolu
A French 19th century Neo-Classical st. Ormolu and Rosewood plaque
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A unique and most impressive French 19th century Neo-Classical st. Ormolu and Rosewood plaque. The wonderfully decorative Ormolu plaque is set within a richly carved wave like and mo...
Ormolu
Antique French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze and White Marble Lyre Form Clock Set
Located in New York, NY
The exquisite and fine set comprises a central lyre-form mantel clock and a pair of matching candelabra, all constructed in white marble mounted with gilt bronze. The clock’s lyre-sh...
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
$13,211 / set
Antique French Gilt Bronze and Cut Glass Clock Set
Located in London, GB
This beautiful three-piece clock set is designed in a French neoclassical style, popular in 19th century decorative arts. The set has been crafted from clear, cut glass and fine gilt...
Ormolu, Bronze
A Large and Fantastic 19th Century Bronze Mounted K.P.M. Porcelain Centerpiece
By Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur (KPM)
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Large and Fantastic Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Berlin K.P.M. Porcelain Centerpiece The very finely painted porcelain lidded bowl topped with infant Bacchus and his wine...
Bronze, Ormolu
$66,752Sale Price|20% Off
Monumental 19th Century Boulle Vitrine
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very large and impressive 19th century French boulle inlaid and ormolu-mounted vitrine. Having a pair of glassed doors, bearded monopodia ormolu ...
Ormolu
French 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Ormolu and Marble Statue of a Maiden
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An extremely elegant French 19th century Neo-Classical st. ormolu and Portoro marble statue of a maiden. The statue is raised by a rectangular Portoro marble base where the beautiful...
Marble, Ormolu
19th Century French Petite Sonnerie Ormolu Carriage Clock by Grohé with Calendar
Located in London, GB
A Petit Sonnerie carriage clock by Grohe of Paris The gilt bronze case comprehensively engraved, and having a retractable carrying handle; the lever movement driving the petit son...
Ormolu, Brass, Bronze
$3,255Sale Price / set|30% Off
French 1970 Neoclassical Pair of Table Lamps in Black Onyx and Gilded Ormolu
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of French neoclassical table lamps. Beautiful, imposing and elegant pair of table lamps, created in Paris France, back ...
Onyx, Ormolu
French 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal chandelier.
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An absolutely stunning and monumentally scaled French 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal chandelier. This grand scaled thirty-five arm thirty-nine light chandelier...
Crystal, 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...
Carrara Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Porcelain and Ormolu Vases
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. cobalt blue porcelain and ormolu vases, possibly by Sèvres. Each vase is raised by a square ormolu base with fine block roset...
Ormolu
20th Century French Louis XVI Style Ormolu Cutlery Cabinet, c.1900
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique early 20th Century Louis XVI style French ormolu applied over ebonises and lacquered wood cutlery cabinet. Inside fabric lined and fitted to contain a full canteen of cutlery...
Ormolu
$12,800Sale Price|28% Off
Italian Louis XV Roman Bombe' Shaped Commode with Original Marble Top, Ca. 1730
Located in CH
Italian Louis XV Roman Bombe-Shaped Commode with Original Marble Top Circa 1730 This exceptional Italian Louis XV commode of Roman origin is executed in the elegant bombé form chara...
Marble, Ormolu
19th century Renaissance st. Silvered Bronze, Ormolu and Crystal centerpiece
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and most decorative French 19th century Renaissance st. Silvered Bronze, Ormolu and Crystal centerpiece. This stunning centerpiece is raised by a circular Silvered Bronze ...
Crystal, Bronze, Ormolu
A Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Marquetry Cabinet-On-Stand
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Marquetry Cabinet-On-Stand, Attributed to Emmanuel Zwiener, Paris. The bombé shaped cabinet surmounted by a domed pediment. The cupboard door with bois de bout floral marquetry within a gilt-bronze foliate frame. The sides with quarter-veneered panels. The cupboard interior fitted with an arrangement of drawers beneath a shelf. The apron fronted by a pull-out writing slide. The leg angles headed by gilt-bronze sculptural busts of soldiers...
Ormolu
Set of Four Antique Ormolu Roundels by Mathurin Moreau
Located in London, GB
Set of four antique ormolu roundels by Mathurin Moreau French, Late 19th Century Height 3cm, diameter 44cm This set of four sculptural panels is crafted by the renowned French met...
Ormolu
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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