Ormolu Furniture
to
378
4,054
2,215
6,463
9
2
1,838
692
550
387
135
128
123
40
33
24
24
14
8
3
2
1
302
5,385
776
11
421
99
39
111
10
17
18
19
11
4
8
8
3
6,474
356,518
296,368
232,619
149,883
6,007
5,296
322
278
160
6,474
6,474
6,474
83
51
51
33
28
Material: Ormolu
Early 19th Century English Regency Marble & Ormolu Mounted Mantel Clock
Located in Dublin, IE
The superb English 19th century timepiece has a single train fusee movement with a gilt dial and raised numerals cased in a drum head. The two seated reading figures that flank the g...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of Important Russian Gilt Bronze and Metal Vases
Located in London, GB
Pair of important Russian gilt bronze and metal vases
Russian, circa 1820
Dimensions: Height 98cm, width 43cm, depth 38cm
This monumental pair of vases are exquisitely crafted in gilt bronze and metal. They both feature twin scrolled handles, which are decorated with leaves and foliate patterns, as well as classical profiles at the top. These touch the ormolu rims, which feature an egg and dart pattern.
The body of each vase is of ovoid form and features further ormolu mounts, including a thick band underneath the waisted neck, twin dog heads at the base of the handles, flowers, stars and more Classical masks with foliate scrolls. The vases are supported by square plinths, with socle form bases and decorations of fluted ribbing and scrolled foliate forms.
Heavily inspired by the neoclassical style, which was popular in Russia in the late 18th and 19th centuries, the vases are decorated with gilt bronze relief scenes which allude to motifs in classical mythology. On a rich burgundy ground, the metal body of the vases show figures flanked by palm trees.
One vase shows a woman dressed in a classical draped fabric garment playing two flutes and leaning on a pedestal with twirling ivy, while a baby stands...
Category
Early 19th Century Russian Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Metal, Ormolu
$898,197 / set
Pair of French Louis XV Inlaid Marquetry Side Tables or Night Stands
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Lovely pair of French Louis XV style inlaid marquetry side tables or nightstands with ormolu accents, two dovetailed drawers and gorgeous i...
Category
1940s French Louis XV Vintage Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Louis XVI Blue Sèvres Porcelain and Ormolu Clock, Circa 1875-85
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Louis XVI Blue Sèvres Porcelain and Ormolu Mounted Clock, circa 1875-85.
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Magnificent Exhibition Quality Antique Extra Large Satinwood Inlaid Credenza
Located in Suffolk, GB
Magnificent exhibition quality extra large satinwood inlaid and ormolu mounted credenza/sideboard having a quality satinwood shaped top with fantastic marquetry inlay, satinwood and ...
Category
19th Century English Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Ormolu Mounted Flower Epergne by F&C Osler
Located in Steyning, West sussex
A fine ormolu flower epergne on raised leopard paw feet supporting the main ring this issuing eight flat diamond cut posy vases with scalloped rim the centre supporting a larger vase...
Category
1870s British Victorian Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Napoleon III Period Boulle Cabinet À Hauteur D’Appui
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and extremely high quality French 19th Century Napoleon III Period ebony, brass and ormolu Cabinet à Hauteur d'Appui, attributed to Befort Jeune. The Boulle cabinet is ...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
Late Victorian Chinoiserie decorated Letter rack
By Maple & Co.
Located in Dereham, GB
Late Victorian Chinoiserie decorated Letter rack
Black Laquered Background with gold detail
Depicting Figures bedside river scenes
foliage & leaf decoration
urn with flowers,
Sitting...
Category
Late 19th Century English Rococo Revival Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$663 Sale Price
20% Off
'Commode Médallier' After Antoine Gaudreaux
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Magnificent Gilt-Bronze Mounted Parquetry Commode, After Antoine Gaudreaux's 'Commode Médallier'.
The serpentine Vert Maurin marble top above a conforming case set with two cupbo...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI style long case clock.
By Charles Frodsham
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very imposing fine quality 19th Century French longcase clock, having an ormolu casting of Father Time on the hood, the white enam...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Belle Époque Period Ormolu Centerpiece
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period Ormolu centerpiece. The centerpiece is raised by beautiful scrolled foliate legs with large magnificent scrolled acan...
Category
19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Large Baroque Style Gilt Bronze Eighteen-Light Chandelier
Located in London, GB
This impressive, eighteen-light chandelier—which measures 1.7 metres (67 inches) in height—will bring grandeur and majesty to a room. It is crafted in a bold Baroque style, which was...
Category
19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Louis XVI Style Ormolu-Mounted Kingwood Cabinet-on-Stand by François Linke
Located in London, GB
An Exceptional Cabinet-on-Stand
In the manner of Adam Weisweiler
By François Linke
Model no. 684
Designed in the Louis XVI style, constructed from bois violette and cubed bois sati...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Antique French Napoleon III Ormolu Mounted Mahogany Grandfather Clock Circa 1880
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Napoleon III ormolu mounted mahogany grandfather clock Circa 1885-1890. This is a beautiful clock, with wonderful exotic wood inlays and ormolu finishings. It is in th...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Fine Quality Pair of Elegant Gilt Bronze Mounted Sèvres Porcelain Urns
Located in New York, NY
Beautifully hand painted with lovers to the front and a bouquet to the reverse with handles
Date: 19th century
Origin: French
Dimension: 28 x 15 inches.
Category
19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century 1st Empire Period Mahogany, Ormolu, and Marble Console
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive French 19th century 1st Empire period Mahogany, ormolu, giltwood, and Vert de Patricia marble console circa 1805. The freestanding two tiered console is raised by elega...
Category
19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
A Pair of French Louis XVI st. Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu centerpieces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most unique pair of French late 19th century Louis XVI st. Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu centerpieces. Each wonderful centerpiece is raised on circular cut Baccarat Crys...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Antique Regency Ormolu Cherub Tazza with Malachite & Blue John 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is an impressive and highly decorative Regency Period ormolu, malachite and Blue John tazza, Circa 1820 in date.
It features an ormolu winged cherub holding a Blue John tazza...
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Malachite, Ormolu
Nicholas I Period Russian Malachite Side Table with Gilt Bronze Base
Located in London, GB
Nicholas I period Russian malachite side table with gilt bronze base
Russian c. 1840
Measures: Height 77cm, diameter 89cm
This is a truly excepti...
Category
1840s Russian Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Malachite, Ormolu, Bronze
Magnificent Pair of Royal Vienna-Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Porcelain Urns
Located in New York, NY
Magnificent pair of Royal Vienna-style porcelain urns each with a claret ground and a painted reserve depicting classical figures in allegorical theme.
Date: 19th century
Origin...
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century French Louis XV Style Bombe Commode Sauteuse
Located in Forney, TX
Elegant and sophisticated antique French Louis XV style kingwood parquetry marble-top commode sauteuse.
Born in France in the 19th century, exquisitely hand-crafted in luxurious 18...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mounted Long Case Clock, 1860, by Balthazar, Paris
By André Balthazar 1
Located in Brighton, Sussex
Pendulum clock "Regulateur de parquet" after Jean-Henri Riesener Napoleon III, Paris, circa 1850-1880.
Balthazar, Paris.
This fine quality late...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Empire St. Mahogany and Ormolu Executive Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An extremely handsome and impressive French 19th century Empire st. mahogany and ormolu executive desk. At the frieze is a central wider drawer flanked by smaller drawers at each sid...
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Italian 19th Century Neoclassical Style Giltwood and Ormolu Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful Italian 19th century neo-classical st. giltwood and ormolu chandelier. The six arm chandelier is centered by a lovely bottom finial amidst finely carved foliate designs a...
Category
19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century French White Marble and Gilt Bronze Clock in the Louis XVI Style
Located in London, GB
An Impressive Marble and Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock
In the Louis XVI Manner
Constructed from a marble platform with a bronze group above; all confidentl...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
French Turn of the Century Louis XVI st. Mahogany and Ormolu dining table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and high quality French Turn of the Century Louis XVI st. Mahogany and Ormolu dining table. This wonderful oval dining table with three extensions is raised on five circul...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French Napoleon III Mahogany, Giltwood, Ormolu, and Porcelain center table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional and extremely high quality French 19th century Napoleon III Period Mahogany, Giltwood, Ormolu, and Sévres Porcelain center table. This sensational circular table is ra...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Neoclassical Style Malachite and Gilt Bronze Commodes
Located in London, GB
Pair of Neoclassical style malachite and gilt bronze commodes
French, 20th century
Measures: Height 87cm, width 84cm, depth 38cm
This superb p...
Category
20th Century French Louis XVI Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Malachite, Ormolu, Bronze
A Pair Gilt Bronze Fireplace Supports / Andirons - Renaissance Style
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A pair of antique gilt bronze fireplace andirons in renaissance style. Coups with on top flames, flanked with ram heads, resting on lions...
Category
1870s French Renaissance Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Louis XVI Style Cylinder Bureau, By François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Rare Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany Cylinder Bureau. By François Linke, Paris. Index Number 100. France, Circa 1890.
The top with three quarter pierced gallery. The cylinder front centred by a gilt-bronze foliate framed oval decorated with floral marquetry and a harp and books representing lyric poetry. Flanked by twin-light gilt-bronze candelabra. The roll-top enclosing an arrangement of four small drawers and five small compartments above a gilt-tooled green leather writing surface. The frieze fronted by a central drawer with spring-loaded secret release and faced with a relief-cast plaque of cloudborne putti representing the arts. The flanking drawers with gilt-bronze acanthus cast handles and fruiting cornucopia...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Montgolfier Ormolu and Crystal Chandelier, ca 1900
Located in Essex, MA
Rare and exquisite gilt bronze and crystal hot air balloon chandelier. All original and preserved. French wired arms and hidden electrification of the balloon which produces and amaz...
Category
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Palatial Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Vitrine by François Linke
Located in Long Island City, NY
A palatial and superb early 20th century gilt bronze Mounted Louis XVI style Mahogany Vitrine by François Linke
François Linke
The arched top with scrolled corners and centered by a laurel wreath and crossed acanthus branches, above a central large door at top by a lyre on drapery-covered plinth, flanked by scrolling acanthus, with a smaller door to each side hung with floral swags and with central oval plate, the divides cast with a slender flower-filled vase, the interior with adjustable shelves and drawers to the bottom, on shaped foliate-cast plinth and acanthus-capped tapering feet.
Inscribed F. Linke to the top right bronze mount and stamped “C LINKE” on the back of the locks.
Linke was born in Pankraz in Bohemia and was celebrated by the French as one of the greatest ébénistes of meubles de style at the turn of the century. He began his apprenticeship with a Bohemian master at the age of thirteen. Four years later, he toured Austria, settling and working in Vienna for two years. Linke arrived in Paris in 1875, and by 1881 he had established his own small workshop at 170 rue du Faubourg St. Antoine. Taking 18th century styles as his starting point and adapting earlier styles to contemporary taste, Linke produced fine quality furniture, steadily expanding his business during the next 20 years. He firmly established his reputation after receiving a gold medal at the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1900 for his extraordinary Grand Bureau. He continued to use international fairs as a means of exploring new markets, exhibiting at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, the Liege in Belgium and the 1908 Franco-British exhibition in London. Linke’s highly original designs sprang from the Régence and Rococo styles but were imbued with something quite new – Rococo curves were laden with gilt-bronze sculptural mounts in the tradition of A.-C. Boulle (1642-1732) or Charles Cressent (1685-1758). Stylistically, the new designs still adhered to the Rococo; the novelty, however, was Linke’s fusion of the Rococo with the liveliness and the fluidity of the ‘art nouveau’. The Revue called Linke’s creations entierement nouveau, and continued to say that ‘Linke’s stand...
Category
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century French Ormolu & Onyx Inkwell with Michelangelo's Lorenzo de Medici
Located in London, GB
A Fine Gilt Bronze and Onyx Inkwell
Surmounted by Michelangelo's Lorenzo de Medici
Constructed from a dished piece of onyx, raised on ormolu stepped feet with carrying handles to th...
Category
19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Onyx, Ormolu
Antique French Opaline Ormolu Mounted Violet Glass Vases
Located in Newark, England
BELLE EPOQUE CIRCA 1890
From our Glassware collection, we are delighted to offer this beautiful pair Antique French Opaline Glass Vases. The Antique French Vases with splayed feet u...
Category
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Marble, Patinated and Gilt Bronze Clock Set by Gervais
Located in London, GB
This three-piece set—composed of a clock and a pair of flanking candelabra—is a truly unique and delightful piece of decorative art.
The clock is modelled in the image of an 18th century sedan chair – that is, a covered chair sat in by a member of the social elite, which was carried on poles by two people. This chair-shaped clock case is crafted from gilt bronze (ormolu) and decorated with festoons and a flower finial. At its centre, there is a circular white enamel dial, which features Arabic Numbers, colorful swag paintings, and the manufacturer’s name, 'Fd Gervais / Ft du Bronzes / A Paris'. The lower part of the case is glazed, allowing one to see the clock’s sun-burst pendulum. Like a sedan chair, the clock case is carried by two patinated bronze putti...
Category
1870s French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Enamel, Ormolu, Bronze
19th Century Russian Malachite and Gilt Bronze Gueridon
Located in London, GB
This Russian gueridon (circular side table) is crafted from beautifully-contrasting green malachite and gold gilt bronze. Created in the 19th century, the table illustrates the fashi...
Category
19th Century Russian Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Malachite, Ormolu, Bronze
19th Century Italian Painted Wood Empire Folding Screen in Gilt Bronze Frame
Located in Firenze, IT
This one-of-a-kind antique Italian Empire Period folding screen is a masterpiece of early 19th-century craftsmanship, dating most likely from 1801 during the Republic of Lucca.
Pain...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and white Carrara marble coffee table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most impressive French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and white Carrara marble coffee table. This beautiful rectangular coffee table is raised on four square tapered Caryatid like legs decorated with cherubs dressed...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
Large French 19th Century Gilt Bronze Wall Clock with Religious Inscriptions
Located in London, GB
This large, gilt bronze wall clock is a magnificent and highly unusual piece. At the centre of the design is a circular enamel dial, with Arabic...
Category
19th Century French Renaissance Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Pair of Large Ormolu Mounted Cobalt-Blue Ground Jewelled Porcelain Vases
Located in London, GB
Pair of large ormolu mounted cobalt-blue ground jewelled porcelain vases
French, Late 19th Century
Height 68cm, width 30cm, depth 25cm
Made in the style of the renowned French Sèv...
Category
Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French 18th century Regence Period Mahogany, Ormolu and marble commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A high quality and most attractive French early 18th century Regence Period Mahogany, Ormolu and Rouge Royale marble commode, circa 1720. This stunning chest is raised on cabriole le...
Category
18th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Baccarat Cave à Liqueur with Sèvres Porcelain
By Baccarat
Located in New Orleans, LA
Notable for its incredible marquetry case and beautifully embellished Baccarat crystal, this handsome 19th-century cave à liqueur consists of three decanters and 16 cordial glasses. ...
Category
19th Century French Rococo Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Antique French Gilt Bronze Clock Set by Royer
By Ernest Royer
Located in London, GB
This beautiful gilt bronze (ormolu) clock set was crafted, circa 1870 in France. The set is designed in a rich Rococo style, after decorative art of the Louis XV period (1715-1774).
...
Category
1870s French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu, Bronze
$44,218 / set
A Set of 'Four Seaons' 19th century English Hand-Painted & Ormolu Wall Appliques
Located in London, GB
A Fine Set of Hand-Painted & Ormolu Wall Appliques
Each wall applique designed around a central hand-painted panel on board, emblematic representations of the Four Seasons, framed i...
Category
19th Century English Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Porcelain Mounted Gilt Metal Clock Set
Located in London, GB
This wonderful clock set displays many of the characteristics of the 18th century Rococo style. These include gracefulness, asymmetry, and the use of curved forms. The set, which includes a mantel clock and pair of vases, is crafted from gilt metal and is mounted with decorative porcelain plaques.
The mantel clock features a gilt metal rectangular case with a break arch top. This is crowned by an urn, featuring a gilt metal stem and a pinky-red floral porcelain body, which is covered by a gilt metal lid and finial. The case is also topped by a gilt metal wreath...
Category
19th Century French Rococo Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
$2,487 / set
French Antique Ormolu-Mounted Mahogany Envelope Games Card Table, C. 1870
By Henry Dasson
Located in Long Island City, NY
A French Antique Ormolu-Mounted mahogany envelope games card table, C. 1870, attributed to Henry Dasson.
A very elegant and high quality, French Louis XVI style, mahogany and bro...
Category
19th Century Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
19th century French empire ormolu and mahogany cabinet
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century french empire influenced mahogany cabinet circa 1890.
This cupboard was constructed using a flat pack technique, with panels held in place by bolts.
Central door with ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Empire Revival Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Wire
Pair of Meissen Schneeballen and Intricately Ormolu-Mounted Potpourri Vases
Located in New York, NY
A very unusual and rare pair of Meissen Schneeballen and intricately ormolu mounted potpourri vases with covers. The vases are supported by finely...
Category
19th Century German Rococo Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Boulle mantle clock.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality French 19th Century Boulle mantle clock, having a gilded ormolu putti seated on the top, Red tortoiseshell and brass inlay to the serpentine shaped case, wonderfu...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
Empire Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock by Michel-François Piolaine
By Michel-François Piolaine
Located in London, GB
This large and impressive gilt bronze mantel clock is by the French Michel-François Piolaine. The clock body is raised by an architecturally formed, plinth-shaped base, set to the fr...
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Baccarat Ormolu And Cut Glass Liqueur Casket
By Baccarat
Located in New Orleans, LA
This monumental 19th-century ormolu liqueur casket is exemplary of the masterful craftsmanship of the famed luxury firm Baccarat. The doors open to reve...
Category
19th Century French Other Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Sèvres Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Porcelain Clock Set
Located in London, GB
This magnificent five-piece clock set is designed in the style of 18th century porcelain produced by the famous Sèvres Manufactory in France. The set is comprised of a mantel clock, a pair of flanking vases—which double-up as candelabra—and two candlesticks. The five items are crafted from ‘bleu Sèvres’ (navy) colored porcelain, which has been finely parcel gilt, jewelled and painted, and mounted in gilt bronze (ormolu).
The mantel clock is composed of a circular porcelain dial, with a central painting of cherubs in flight, encircled by black Roman Numerals within white medallions. This is set within a gilt bronze bezel, crowned by a porcelain lidded urn, fitted with gilt bronze satyr head handles, draped with flower swags, and topped by a gilt bronze grape cluster finial. The clock case is supported on four porcelain columns, which are surmounted by a gilt bronze pinecone-tipped staff, draped with tasselled fabrics. A gilt bronze sculpture of a dancing Maenad (also called a Bacchante)—a female follower of the classical god of wine and ecstasy, Dionysus (or Bacchus). The woman plays the tambourine and is accompanied by a putto. The clock is placed on a shaped gilt bronze base, with two projecting scrolled wings, decorated with gilt bronze acanthus leaves and porcelain patera. The base is mounted with porcelain paintings of classical trophies, and putti within a gilt bronze cartouche frame. It is set on two gilt bronze feet, which are decorated with pointed porcelain covers and gilt bronze rosettes.
Depending on personal preference, the vases that accompany the clock can be left as they are or made to serve as candelabra. When vases, they are topped by porcelain domed lids, with gilt bronze grape finials. To turn the items into candelabra, these lids are replaced by gilt bronze covers. Each cover is fitted with six gilt bronze branches—five of which are scrolling and decorated with acanthus leaves, and one extends upwards in a straight line. These terminate in wide drip-pans and urn-shaped capitals. The porcelain vase bodies feature fine paintings of couples courting in garden settings, and they are fitted with gilt bronze cherub head...
Category
Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
$89,819 / set
A Fine Napoléon III Gilt-Bronze Three Piece Clock Garniture
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Fine Napoléon III Gilt-Bronze Three Piece Clock Garniture
Comprising a mantel clock and a pair of seven-light figural candelabra. Designed as a celebration of music and lyric poe...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
18th Century Italian Carved Walnut Cabinet
Located in Forney, TX
A rare 18th century Italian walnut chest / credenza, Renaissance Period, neoclassical influenced, having two elaborately carved figural statue c...
Category
18th Century Renaissance Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Clock Set in Champleve Enamel and Ormolu
Located in London, GB
This charming late 19th century French clock set takes inspiration from a range of styles and periods, and is beautiful in its final e...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
Sèvres Style Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
This beautiful mantel clock has been designed in an 18th century Rococo style, which was popularised by the Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory. The clock has been expertly cast in bronze a...
Category
Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
19th Century Antique French Ormolu Bronze Mantel Clock with Musical Design Motif
Located in Madrid, ES
A true museum piece, this beautifully sculptural clock could easily find its home in a traditional environment, or be a functional and explosive counterpoint to a minimalist interior...
Category
19th Century French Rococo Revival Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Metal, Enamel, Ormolu
$11,132 Sale Price
35% Off
Antique French Brass and Velvet Jewelry Box
Located in New York, NY
A French antique brass ormolu and velvet jewelry box, Rococo design style, circa late-19th century, France. Box is perforated brass ormolu (ormolu has a design of urns, leaves and fl...
Category
Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
French 19th Century Napoleon III Period Two-Door Cabinet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and extremely high quality French 19th century Napoleon III period ebony, ormolu, brass, tortoiseshell, and blue stone two door cabinet. The cabinet is raised by striki...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Stone, Brass, Ormolu
Sèvres Style Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Jardiniere and Vase Garniture
Located in London, GB
This exquisite, three-piece garniture will make a wonderful addition to a mantelpiece, niche or table, where its fine design and craftsmanship can be properly enjoyed.
The garnitur...
Category
19th Century French Rococo Antique Ormolu Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
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.
Recently Viewed
View AllMore Ways To Browse
Golden Field
Japanese Mid Century Design
German Boat
Holland House
Jean Michel Frank
German Exhibition Poster
French New Wave
Heart Slider
India Carved Furniture
Hand Printed Fabric
International Silver 1939
Grain Painted
Italian Food Art
H Paul Browning
Italian Silver Vase
Japanese Kitchen
Hand Made Tapestry
Hungarian Flowers