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Material: Ormolu
Antique Sevres Porcelain Royal Blue Ormolu Table Lamp 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning large antique French Sevres style "Bleu Royale" porcelain and ormolu mounted vase circa 1870 in date, later converted into a lamp.
In Louis XVI style, of baluster form with wolf...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Patinated Bronze Figured Candelara with Ormolu Arms & Onyx Bases, 19th C
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of 19th century candelabra featuring patinated bronze female figures on onyx bases with six (6) ormolu candle holders, France.
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Onyx, 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
Pair French Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mounted Green Marble Lidded Urns
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Pair of French Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mounted Green Marble Lidded Urns
Superb and most elegant pair of Louis XVI style ormolu mounted Verde Antico Marble lidded urns. Flanking the m...
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19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Pair of French Empire Gilt Bronze Sconces
Located in Germantown, MD
This pair of antique gilt bronze appliqués are finely detailed, and feature neoclassical motifs including bowknots and acanthus leaves. They are electric powered...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$1,256 Sale Price / set
30% Off
American 20th century Ormolu and Glass chandelier, by Charles J. Weinstein, 1930
By Charles J. Weinstein 1
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and most unique American 20th century Art Deco st. Ormolu and Glass pendant chandelier, by Charles J. Weinstein, circa 1930. This truly stunning pendant named the L'etiolé...
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20th Century American Art Deco Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Early 20th Century French Birdcage Chandelier Ormolu with Crystal Spires
Located in Milano, MI
A stunning Empire style crystal and gilt bronze chandelier of French origin, a thirteen-light pendant dating back to the very early 1900, with a very original vertical structure, a b...
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Early 20th Century French Empire Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu, Bronze
Early 20th Century French Louis XIV Style Twelve Branch Ormolu Chandelier
Located in London, GB
This is a highly decorative French Louis XIV style twelve branch ormolu chandelier, circa 1900 in date.
Emanating from a central column, the upper part is dressed with three female ...
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Early 1900s French Louis XIV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Gilt Bronze Encrier Inkwell Desk Stand, Signed JF
Located in Forney, TX
A most impressive fine quality antique Louis XV style French ormolu encrier / inkstand.
Born in France in the 19th century, almost certainly Parisian work, exquisitely chased, chis...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Square Ormolu Mounted Vitrine Display Cabinet 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is an exquisite antique French bois violette vitrine of square shaped form with glazed sides and fabulous ormolu mounts, circa 1880 in date.
This cabinet is elegantly crafted ...
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1880s Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Monumental 19th Century French Three-Piece Ormolu Clock Garniture
Located in New York, NY
A fine quality monumental gilt bronze three-piece clock garniture.
Comprising a fine quality large gilt bronze eight-arm figural rococo candelabra a...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Antique Pair of Grand Tour Borghese or Medici Bronze Campana Urns Vases Marble
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Impressive Pair of Grand Tour Twin Handle Patinated Bronze Medici Urns of Campagne outline, of compact and heavy proportions. Second quarter of the Nineteenth Century. Firmly attribu...
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19th Century French Regency Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Siena Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
Antique French Cartel Clock of Venus with Cherubs
By Jacques Caffieri
Located in London, GB
Antique French cartel clock of Venus with cherubs
French, Late 19th Century
Height 120cm, width 55cm, depth 20cm
This remarkable cartel clock is inspired by an 18th-century desi...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
19th C French Ormolu, Onyx Champleve Enamel Bud Vase with Applied Bee
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French Champlevé Enamel, Onyx & Ormolu Bud Vase with Applied Bee, Circa 1880
A rare and exquisitely detailed French champlevé enamel bud vase, dating to the late 19th century and in...
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Late 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Onyx, Ormolu
Pair 19th Century Ebonized Empire Style Black Hair Hide Armchairs
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of 19th Century ebonized mahogany Empire style fauteuil with winged caryatids, newly upholstered in a deep espresso hairhide.
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Late 19th Century European Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ebony, Ormolu and Marble pedestals
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and extremely elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ebony, Ormolu and Marble pedestals. Each stunning pedestal is raised by a square Ebony base with a fine ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Antique French Ormolu Rococo Clock Set - Cupid
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A beautiful antique French ormolu clock set in the Rococo style. It features cupid as a cherub, seated to the top with torch and quiver of...
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19th Century French Rococo Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$5,405 / set
F. Barbedienne, A Suite of Three French Ormolu and Champleve Enamel Jardinieres
Located in New York, NY
Ferdinand Barbedienne, An Exquisite Suite of Three French Ormolu and Champleve Enamel Jardinieres / Garniture C. 1870, The Design Attributed to Louis Constant Sevin.
Comprising of t...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
French Belle Epoque Period Famille Rose Porcelain and Ormolu centerpiece urn
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and most decorative French 19th century Belle Epoque Period Famille Rose Porcelain and Ormolu centerpiece urn. This stunning centerpiece is raised by a square Ormolu pl...
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19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
A Napoleon III Period Sèvres Style Porcelain Three-Piece Clock Garniture
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Large and Exceptional Napoleon III Period Gilt-Bronze and Sèvres Style Porcelain Three-Piece Clock Garniture. By Denière, Paris.
Comprising a mantle clock and pair of eight-light...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
Pair of Antique Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Marquetry Pedestals
Located in London, GB
Pair of antique Louis XV style ormolu mounted marquetry pedestals
French, Late 19th Century
Height 130cm, width 47cm, depth 46cm
This stunning pair of pedestals epitomizes the gran...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
A Louis XV Style Lacquer Commode, by Maxime Secrétant, Paris
By Maxime Secretant
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An Important Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Lacquer Commode, by Maxime Secrétant, Paris.
Of bombé outshape with Portor marble top. The front with two deep drawers and applied w...
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1910s French Louis XV Vintage Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Very Impressive French 19th Century Neoclassical Lyre-Form Clock
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
An impressive French 19th century Neoclassical Lyre-form clock with jeweled pendulum.
Amazing quality white and yellow marble 19th century French Lyre-Form clock mounted all over with gilt bronze...
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1850s French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Marble, Enamel, Ormolu
$7,327 Sale Price
50% Off
Large 19 Century French Rococo or Neoclassical Revival Style Vitrine
By David Roentgen
Located in Dallas, TX
Stunning 19th century French Empire, neoclassical/Rococo Revival style Marquetry vitrine or display cabinet, of large proportions!!
A real statement piece!
Made of a fabulous variety of veneers, including kingwood, satinwood, tulipwood, harewood and walnut with quality classical ormolu mounts.
It has ebonized pillars in the Empire style, with walnut and exotic hardwood friezes in the Rococo style.
Double glass doors to middle section and single glass doors on either side.
The glass on the doors are framed in ormolu banding.
Floral Marquetry panels on front and parquetry on the sides.
The front central section is a pullout / pull-out drawers with gorgeous walnut frieze panel and original carved walnut knobs.
Scrolling pelmet on the top in 3 sections banded in ormolu beading.
Scrolling base with cabriolet feet and ormolu mounts on base.
Various ormolu mounts, floral mounts, mounts of Baachus and mounts of neoclassical female figures.
In 3 sections. with 2 side cabinets and large central section with 3 section pelmet, stunning piece!!!
The quality ormolu mounts are marked with the letter “R” and what appears to be “FR 678”.
We were originally of the belief that this piece might have been made at the very end of the 19th century, but having regard to the quality of workmanship throughout this piece we are of the opinion that it was most likely made in the third quarter of the 19th century, circa 1870 and by an obviously top quality Parisienne maker with a surname beginning with “R”.
It is definitely in the style of David Roentgen who was known for his Rococo/neoclassical styles.
David Roentgen, (born Aug. 11, 1743-died Feb. 12, 1807, Wiesbaden, Duchy of Nassau), cabinetmaker to Queen Marie-Antoinette of France; under his direction the family workshop at Neuwied (near Cologne), founded by his father, Abraham Roentgen, became perhaps the most-successful firm of furniture production in the 18th century.
After succeeding his father as head of the Neuwied workshop in 1772, Roentgen strove to broaden their clientele, an ambition that brought him first to Hamburg and ultimately to Paris (1774), where in 1779 he was spectacularly successful in selling his finest furniture to King Louis XVI of France for £3,300 to £4,000, an unprecedented sum for the time.
Appointed cabinetmaker to the queen, Roentgen was granted admission (1780) as maître-ébéniste (master cabinetmaker) to the trade corporation of Paris cabinetmakers, making it possible for him to keep in Paris a stock of the furniture manufactured at Neuwied. Thus he was able to compete with such great cabinetmakers as Jean-Henri Riesener and Adam Weisweiler, reputedly his former pupil at Neuwied. After his first visit to St. Petersburg, Empress Catherine II the Great bought huge quantities of his furniture; King Frederick William II of Prussia was also his client. When in 1795 the French Revolutionary armies threatened to cross the Rhine, Roentgen evacuated his establishment and moved his stock farther inland. Unfortunately, he lost everything in his Parisian salon and in his Neuwied workshop, both of which were sacked by Republican troops. He was crushed, despite his appointment as court furnisher to the king of Prussia. Although he never succeeded in starting production again, former apprentices of his whom he helped to establish in the German cities of Berlin (David Hacker...
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Mid-19th Century French Rococo Revival Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$9,600 Sale Price
48% Off
Large Rococo Ormolu Antique French Clock, Genius of Music
By Vincenti et Cie, Cie Des Bronzes De Bruxelles
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A superb and substantial ormolu clock from a design by the 18th century bronze founder Robert Osmond and made by the famous Compagnie des Bronze of Bruss...
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19th Century French Rococo Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Antique French Inlaid Walnut Marble Top Bedside Cabinets
Located in London, GB
An exceptional pair of antique French walnut marble top bedside cabinets. They were made in France, they date from around the 1870–1890’s.
The quality is incredible, they are probab...
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1870s French Louis XIV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
An Louis XVI Style Marquetry Inlaid Commode by Paul Sormani
By Paul Sormani
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An Important Louis XVI Style Marquetry Inlaid Marble-Top Commode by Paul Sormani.
Stamped twice beneath the marble top 'SORMANI Paris'.
The lockplate engraved 'P. Sormani Paris 10 ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French Mahogany Art Nouveau Writing Desk Signed Louis Majorelle
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Signed ‘Louis Majorelle’ Art Nouveau desk with the sinuous lines and curves typical of the style. Four curved-front drawers retaining their original ormol...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Fine 19th Century European Gilt Bronze Ormolu Monstrance Reliquary
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce fine quality neoclassical Empire style vasiform gilt bronze ormolu church religious relic altar monstrance reliquary.
Exquisitely hand-crafted in Continental Europe in the second half of the 19th century, most likely French Napoleon III Period (1852-1870), having a fanned cross crest, above winged angel mask, central oval display...
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19th Century European Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Very Large Antique Crystal Glass and Ormolu Chandelier by Baccarat
By Baccarat
Located in London, GB
Very large antique crystal glass and ormolu chandelier by Baccarat
French, Late 19th Century
Height 182cm, diameter 118cm
This stunning chandelier from the Belle Époque era is a ma...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu candlestick lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A high quality and most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu candlestick lamps. This charming pair of lamps is raised by an asymmetrical and intricately chased Roc...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Pair of Gilt Brass Filigree & Glass Rococo Style Perfume Bottles
Located in New York, NY
A delightful French luxury pair of antique oversized Ormolu perfume bottles in excellent condition, of the Hollywood Regency period. Extensive Ar...
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Early 20th Century French Rococo Revival Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
Pair Antique French Sèvres Porcelain Ormolu Gilt Bronze Dore Table Urns Lamps
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning and imposing pair French Sevres soft paste porcelain and ormolu twin handle electric table lamps of traditional Urn form, and of good size pr...
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19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
‘Grand Psyche’, Monumental Art Nouveau Mirror by Maison Millet
By Claudius Marioton, Maison Millet
Located in London, GB
‘Grand Psyche’, monumental Art Nouveau mirror by Maison Millet
French, c. 1900
Height 270cm, width 170cm, depth 57cm
This exquisite antique mirror was crafted around 1900 by the e...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Kingwood, Gilt Bronze and Vernis Martin Side Cabinet
Located in London, GB
Antique kingwood, gilt bronze and vernis Martin side cabinet
French, 19th Century
Height 116cm, width 97cm, depth 44cm
This kingwood cabinet is an exquisite piece of antique Fren...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
New Large Franz Hermle Mantel Clock in DeArt Italian Marquetry and Ormolu Case
By DeART, Franz Hermle
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
$3,150 Sale Price
30% Off
Magnificent Pair of Ormolu-Mounted Pink Chinese Porcelain Three-Light Cadelabras
Located in New York, NY
A Magnificent Pair of Ormolu-Mounted Pink Chinese Porcelain Three-Light Candelabras – A Masterpiece of East and West
This fabulous and large pair of 19th-century Louis XVI style orm...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
1900 Antique French Ormolu Gilt Bronze Elegant Lady Marble Base Ball Clock
Located in Danville, CA
1900 Antique French Ormolu Gilt Bronze Elegant Lady Marble Base Ball Clock
Here we are offering a beautiful French bronze elegant lady figure ball clock. The elegant lady is made of...
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Early 1900s French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Exquisite Pair! Frederick Cooper Chinoiserie Ormolu Table Lamps! Brass Porcelain
Located in Peoria, AZ
Decorator Delight!
PAIR!
Frederick Cooper
Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Brass, Ormolu & Porcelain
Wow! What an exquisite and elegant pair of Frederick Cooper lamps...
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Mid-20th Century American Chinoiserie Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
$4,500 Sale Price / set
40% Off
Late 19th Century Louis XVI Ormolu Gilt Round Pictureframe
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A refined round picture frame in Louis XVI style. Ornate with flower garlands, ribbon and bow. Made in France around 1880-1890. The picture frame is in very good condition. Beautiful...
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1880s French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
Fine Ormolu and Marble Cherub Clock Set by H Luppens Paris
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A large and magnificent clock set by the renown bronze founder H Luppens of Brussels. Classically modelled in the Louis XVI style, the clock features three ormolu cherubs toiling to ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Fine Sevres Porcelain and Ormolu Antique French Clock
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A fine, early antique French clock by André Hoffmann of Paris, the movement by Vincenti et Cie, circa 1850. It is beautifully made in ormolu (fir...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pair French 19th-Century Louis XV-style Marquetry & Ormolu Mounted Side Cabinets
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Fine Pair of French 19th-Century Louis XV-style Marquetry and Gilt-Bronze Mounted Meuble d'Appui Side-Cabinets with marble tops. Each single-door satinwood veneer side cabinet is c...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
$58,950 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Drexel Heritage Et Cetera Chinoiserie Black & Burl & Ormolu End Tables, a Pair
Located in Germantown, MD
For your consideration is this Extraordinary pair of end tables!!! This is a gem by Drexel, from their ET Cetera line. It is comprised of two rectangular wood frames Tables with high...
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1980s American Chinoiserie Vintage Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Gold, Ormolu
$1,397 Sale Price / set
48% Off
A Large Napoléon III Centerpiece, Maison Christofle, circa 1880
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A Large Silvered Bronze and Baccarat Crystal Centerpiece
The silvered bronze mounts design simulating branches, foliages, leaves and grapevines
Original fitted festooned Baccarat Cry...
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1890s French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
German Mahogany and Ormolu Figural Bracket Clock. W. & H. Sch., Circa 1890
Located in Charleston, SC
German mahogany and ormolu bracket clock with gilt bronze pineapple finials, flanking figural floral corner mounts, arched floral side screens, hinged astragal shaped glass door with...
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1890s German Victorian Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, Steel, Ormolu
Maison Krieger French Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mounted Mahogany Side Chair Pair
Located in Forney, TX
A pair of very fine quality antique French Louis XVI style gilt bronze ormolu mounted mahogany side chairs, attributed to luxury Parisian furniture maker Maison Krieger (1826-1910)
...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Vintage Pair of French Glass & Ormolu Table Lamps 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is an elegant pair of vintage French ormolu and glass table lamps, mid 20th century in date.
These elegant lamps have a sophisticated moulded glass body with splendid high-lig...
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Mid-20th Century French Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French Empire Mahogany Bookcase Bibliotheque, Late 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
An exceptional high quality French Empire style mahogany bookcase - bibliotheque with finely cast gilt bronze mounts and interior fitted with 4 shelves.
Very fine workmanship. In ex...
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Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Ormolu Mounted Serpentine Boulle Credenza 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is an important antique, Victorian, ebonised, ormolu mounted, and Boulle cut brass marquetry serpentine credenza, circa 1870 in date.
It is beautifully inlaid in cut brass, in ...
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1870s English Victorian Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Brass
Fine French 19th Century Louis XV Style Tulipwood and Ormolu-Mounted Ladies Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th century tulipwood, mahogany and ormolu-mounted Bureau de Dame Lady's secretary desk, in the manner of Maison Millet. The s...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$33,210 Sale Price
30% Off
Ormolu-Mounted Sèvres-Style Pink-Ground Vase
Located in New York, NY
Very fine quality gilt bronze mounted Sèvres-style pink-ground vase with elongated shield shape, painted with a maiden and cupids with arrows in the gar...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Cranberry Glass and Ormalu Table Lamp
Located in Altrincham, GB
Late 19thC Cranberry Glass and Ormalu Table Lamp of Hour Glass Form (converted from oil lamp) - - The lampshade(s) are newly handmade silks by the same maker as provides the shades f...
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Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Swedish Empire revival mahogany 3 piece lounge suite
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Swedish empire revival mahogany 3 piece lounge suite circa 1900.
We are pleased to offer this empire revival suite from Sweden.
Set consists of 2 armchairs with matching table. Th...
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Early 20th Century Swedish Empire Ormolu Furniture
Materials
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
Antique Regency period bronze and ormolu Campana shaped Urns
Located in London, GB
A fine pair of early 19th Century bronze & ormolu campana shape Urns of unusual small proportions retaining original gilding, having beaded tops, & scroll decorated band above carryi...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Louis XVI Sterling Silver Gilt Canteen In Louis XV Ormolu Kingwood Vitrine 105pc
Located in Germantown, MD
French Louis XVI Style Crested Gilt-Silver Assembled Flat Table Service in a Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Kingwood Fitted Vitrine cabinet. Enjoy one the greatest combination of top ...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver, Ormolu
$59,500 Sale Price / set
30% Off
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
Napoleon III Gilt Bronze Clock by Raingo Freres
Located in Astoria, NY
Napoleon III Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock, the enameled dial signed "Raingo Freres A Paris", the movement stamped "Raingo Freres," strike on bell, the case surmounted by two cherubs, put...
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Late 19th Century Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
Dutch Delft Blue and White Lamp
By Delft
Located in New York, NY
Dutch Delft blue and white lamp. Beautiful large Delft faience vase mounted as a lamp with bold floral decoration and borders with spectacul...
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Late 18th Century Dutch 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.
Find antique ormolu furniture and decorative objects on 1stDibs.