Ormolu Tables

This table is an exquisite piece of French antique furniture. The table is covered with beautiful marquetry work and finely-cast gilt bronze (ormolu) mounts. The table features a...

A Petit Bureau à Cylindre in the Transitional Manner After the design by Jean-François Oeben By François Linke Index no. 1626 A rare small cylinder bureau, after the celebrated exa...

An exceptional and unique French late 19th century Louis XVI st. mahogany and ormolu dining table, after a model by Adam Weisweiler. The table is raised by elegant circular tapered l...

An exquisite French 19th century Louis XVI st. mahogany dining table with two extensions. The table is raised by Impressive ci...

Louis XVI style mahogany, satinwood, ebony and ormolu writing desk by Donald Ross English, Late 19th Century Height 73cm, width 108cm, depth 64cm This excellent piece, a table à écrire, or writing desk, was made by Donald Ross, an important English maker active in the late nineteenth century, in the manner of Jean-Henri Riesener, the renowned, highly acclaimed and towering ébéniste of the Louis XVI period in France. It features a rectangular top surface mounted with a gilt-bronze edge, in which is set a finely tooled gilt leather surface. This, like the frieze drawers around the sides, is set within a lattice veneer parquetry border. The table is divided by a central ormolu appliqué...

Neoclassical style coffee table with Italian marble specimen top French, 20th century Dimensions: Height 56cm, width 102cm, 54cm T...

An Excellent Quality Mid 19th Century Gilt Bronze Four Piece Surtout De Table on Low Stands This wonderful plateau cast with a grapevine bronze gallery, cen...

Pair of French neoclassical style malachite and gilt bronze side tables French, 20th century Dimensions: Height 85cm, diameter 50cm These striking octagonal guéridons are crafte...

The exquisite art of pietre dure is at its absolute finest in this spectacular pair of Russian ormolu and malachite plinths. True works of art of the Restauration period, these plinths each feature a matching pietre dure mosaic crafted of the finest stones, all chosen to create a sense of depth and dimensionality in the final work. Depicting an onyx vase with tulips, roses, daffodils, magnolia and other flowers, these pietre dure panels are among the finest examples of this ancient art we have seen. The pietre dure is complemented by malachite panels of the highest quality, exhibiting exceptional depth through its extraordinary cellular structure. Malachite is one of Russia’s most precious stones, and its presence in these plinths indicates commission and ownership by an individual of considerable status. Mounted in an excellent stepped ormolu base, these plinths originally served as bases for vases or candelabra. The overall execution and appearance of these plinths is very characteristic of the taste associated with the immensely wealthy collector Nicolas Demidoff. As early as 1806, Demidoff had commissioned the Parisian goldsmith Henri August to supply a guéridon; in 1819, he ordered famed French bronzier Pierre-Philippe Thomire to supply mounts for a massive malachite vase (now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York), as well as a console table with legs in the form of Nike. Other commissions included a table given as a gift to Grand Duke Leopoldo II of Florence, now in the Pitti Palace. Demidoff eventually settled in Florence in 1822 and became Russian minister to the Tuscan Court. Elevated to the rank of Count of San Donato by the Grand Duke, he built a magnificent villa at San Donato on the site of lands formerly owned by the Medici. The villa was later inherited by Anatole, his son, Prince of San Donato, and there are records which confirm transactions he had with the Opificio delle Pietre Dure. The 19th century proved to be the golden age of Russian malachite. The stone became a sign of prestige and a token of wealth, so much so that Russian papers of the time wrote: "To afford having a big piece wrought in malachite is synonymous to owning diamonds." Year after year the Russian (Romanov) treasury paid increasingly unreasonable prices to hoard the best malachite, much of which went into Romanov palaces and extravagant objets d'art. The Hermitage Museum possesses a collection of over two hundred examples of this “palatial” malachite...

This fine, antique table is by celebrated French cabinetmaker Zwiener Jansen Successeur, part of the celebrated furniture and interior design house Maison Jansen which was founded in...

A stunning and extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XV st. kingwood and ormolu desk, attributed to François Linke. The desk is raised by elegant cabriole legs with fitted...

An outstanding and extremely decorative French 19th century Neo-Classical st. patinated bronze, ormolu, faux painted marble, and Sarrancolin marble cocktail/coffee table. The circula...

A handsome French 19th century Louis XVI st. mahogany and ormolu side table. The table is raised on fluted tapered legs with ormolu topie feet and finely chased ormolu top caps. The ...

French Marble and Ormolu Lamp Table This is a superb quality French side table, the table has a rectangular shape, the top is made in Brocatelle Marble with slightly curved sides a...

An extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany, Bleu de Savoie marble, Brass and Ormolu side table, signed Durand. This wonderful table is raised on Ormolu cast...

A very good quality 19th century French Louis XVI style mahogany bureau plat. Having an inset leather top, gilded ormolu mouldings and scrolling foliate mounts to the frieze, two fri...

A charming and most elegant pair of French 18th century Louis XVI Period Tulipwood, Kingwood, Ormolu and Rouge Royal marble consoles. Each stunning freestanding consoles is raised by...

A high quality and most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany, Ormolu, and Breccia Aurora marble center table/desk, attributed to Francois Linke. This truly impressive c...

A beautiful and most decorative pair of Genovese 19th century Louis XV st. Walnut, Ormolu and Sienna marble commodes/end tables. Each wonderful two drawer chest is raised on elegant ...

With a large rectangular pink granite surface resting upon a guilloche frieze, this fine antique centre table, crafted in the early twentieth century, mixes both Rococo and Neoclassi...

A stunning and most impressive pair of French 19th century Empire st. Mahogany, ormolu, and Vert de Patricia marble consoles. Each freestanding one drawer two tiered console is raise...

An exquisite and high quality French 19th century Belle Epoque Period Louis XVI st. Mahogany, Tulipwood and Ormolu side table/desk, in the style of Francois Linke. This stunning tabl...

French Neoclassical gilt-bronze and rouge griotte marble pedestal. French, 19th century. Measures: height 123 cm, width 41 cm, depth 41 cm. In an hi...

A good quality late 19th century gilded ormolu, Sienna marble topped Louis XVI style side table Having pierced scrolling foliate decoration to the frieze and raised on square taperin...

A wonderfully detailed and elegant French 19th century Louis XV st. Tulipwood and Ormolu side table, attributed to Francois Linke. This one drawer freestanding table is raised by sle...

A beautiful and very unique French 19th century Louis XV st. Kingwood, Tulipwood, and ormolu flip top games table. The table is raised by elegant slender cabriole legs with high qual...

Origin: New York, circa 1850. Dimensions: Height 30″ (76cm), width 50″ (127cm). Technique: Marquetry. Using exotic marquetry wood inlay...

A stunning and extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XVI style mahogany, ormolu and vert campan marble side/center table, after a model by Adam Weisweiler and attributed to Henry Dasson. The table is raised by fine topie shaped feet with elegant circular tapered supports. Each leg displays a unique square tapered shape with a carved recessed design and elegant foliate ormolu movements which encase the leg. Each are connected by a fine mahogany stretcher with elegant beaded ormolu bands and a lovely central floral reserve. Above are impressive richly chased caryatids with lovely flowing drape and tied hair below intricately detailed floral baskets. The straight frieze displays a recessed panel framed in a fine mottled ormolu band. The frieze is centered by a charming and richly chased pierced ormolu mount with a central floral bouquet and crossed staff...

Fine early 20th century gilt bronze mounted Louis XV style side/writing table by François Linke François Linke – Index Number 49 The shaped rectangular fleur de pecher marble top, ...

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...

This is a fine antique French Empire ormolu mounted mahogany bureau plat, circa 1870 in date. The rectangular top has an inset gold-tooled green leather writing surface with a very...

An Elegant Table à Écrire By Paul Sormani Constructed from bois satiné and amaranth, with geometric cubed parquetry inlay, the writing table on slender cabriole legs with ormolu ...

A stunning French 19th century Neo-Classical st. marble and ormolu side table. The table is raised by a most decorative triangular marble bottom tier with concave sides and ormolu ball, feet centered by a richly chased foliate and acorn ormolu inverted finial. Each of the three elegantly scrolled supports display fluted patterns and handsome paw feet with large acanthus leaves. At the center are three detailed mask with feathered head dresses...

An exquisite pair of French 19th century Neo-Classical st. ormolu and Mahogany gueridon side tables. Each table is raised by exceptional and most unique claw feet with a fine foliate...

A Rare and Fantastic Quality Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Inlaid Marquetry and Parquetry Center Table By François Linke François Linke The cross-banded ova...

Antique museum quality French mahogany table with ormolu mounts Signed F.L. on back. Francois Linke Linke was a Master furniture maker - late ...

An elegant and most decorative French late 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany, Ormolu, and green Verde Antico marble side table. This wonderful table is raised by four slender taper...

This fine antique table is crafted in the Louis XV style, which is synonymous with grace, elegance and exuberance of design. Made from luxurious materials and exhibiting fine marquet...

A Special Late 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Marble Top Side Table By Maison Millet Maison Millet The shaped breche violette marble top above the pierced bronze floral fr...

An elegant and most decorative French late 19th century Louis XVI st. Glass and Ormolu dessert console. This truly stunning rectangular three tiered console is raised by four legs wi...

A Magnificent Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Inlaid Marquetry ‘Table Des Muses’ By Beurdeley Emmanuel-Alfred Beurdeley Also widely known as the “Arts and Sci...

A most elegant and extremely high quality French 18th century Louis XV period Kingwood, Tulipwood, and ormolu desk circa. 1750. The Bureau à Cylindre desk...

A beautiful and most elegant French late 18th century Louis XVI period Mahogany and ormolu electrified Tric Trac games table. The rectangular table is raised by square tapered legs w...

A most elegant French 19th century Neo-Classical st. mahogany center table. The table is raised by fine circular tapered legs with ormolu sabots and their original casters. Above eac...

An exceptional and rare late 19th century gilt bronze mounted Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Attributed to Zwiener Attributed to Joseph Zwiener The serpentine case with a rectangular top with gilt-tooled leather writing-surface within a molded border above a quarter-veneered frieze, three drawers to the front and three simulated drawers to the reverse each flanked by a large putto, the sides centered with a fine bronze Apollo mask, the cabriole legs mounted with sea shell bronze designs with foliate-cast sabots. Born in Herdon, Germany, in 1849, Joseph Emmanuel Zwiener followed the tradition of some of the best ébnistes of the nineteenth century. He moved to Paris establishing a workshop at 12, rue de la Roquette, between 1880 and 1895. He produced a wide array of the very finest furniture, modelling in his own interpretations of the eighteenth century Louis XV Rococo style, veneered with the highest and finest quality marquetry and ‘Vernis Martin’ panels. Exhibiting at the Exposition Universelle, Paris, in 1889, Zwiener was awarded a gold medal for what the jury reported as ‘dè ses dèbuts à une Exposition Universelle, [il] s’est mi au premier rang par la richesse, la hardinesse, et le fini de ses meubles incrustés de bronze et fort habilment marquetés.’ Zwiener was closely associated with François Linke, and the two houses produced work which, at first glance, is remarkably similar and with occasionally identical mounts. The similarities are made more likely by the fact that the brilliant sculptor, Léon Messagé, worked initially for Zwiener and subsequently, upon Zwiener’s departure for Berlin to work on furniture commissioned by Freidrich Wilhelm II , he was employed in the workshop of François Linke. It appears that Zwiener, unlike Linke, did not sign all his work, although some stamped pieces with his name and/or his “Z” initial are documented. There is some uncertainty between the recorded stamp E. Zwiener and the work of a Julius Zwiener...

An absolutely exquisite antique French inlaid bureau plat desk. This was made in France, it dates from around the 1880-1890 period. It is one of ...

A spectacular French early-to-mid 19th century mahogany and marble center table. The rectangular frame is crowned with a slab of Calacatta type marble in ethereal veining of green, g...

An impressive and grand scale French 19th century Louis XV st. Tulipwood and Ormolu desk. This wonderful Bureau Plat desk is raised by four handsome cabriole legs decorated by bottom...

A most attractive and very high quality French mid 19th century Empire st. Mahogany and Ormolu side/center table. This handsome table is raised by a triangular base with concave side...

A pair of high Regency Coromandel and ormolu bookcase console tables in the style of Thomas Hope, each of rectangular form with two square section pillars in the form of pharaonic te...

A striking and most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and white Carrara marble gueridon side tables. Each table is raised by three lightly curved legs with handsome ba...

An impressive French 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany and Ormolu Bureau Plat desk, stamped by Francois Linke. This stunning single drawer desk is raised by four tapered round Maho...

A very good quality 19th century Louis XVI style mahogany bureau plat. Having an inset leather top, wonderful gilded ormolu mounts, the single frieze drawer having a drop front, open...

A fine quality French 19th Century ebonized, gilded ormolu mounted centre table with porcelain plaques depicting court beauties and the Bourbon coat-of-arms, the ebonised baluster su...

A handsome and high quality French 19th century Louis XV st. Tulipwood, Kingwood and Ormolu side table, in the manner of Maison Krieger. This stunning table is raised by four square ...

KIDNEY FORM BUREAU PLAT OR WRITING DESK Probably Baltic, late 19th century 31 3/4" H x 20" D x 38" W 24" knee clearance A finely proportioned kidney-form bureau plat, veneered in r...

A very impressive and extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XV st. Tulipwood, Rosewood, ormolu, and Rouge Royale marble center table/desk by Theodore Millet...

A Very Fine Marquetry Inlaid Occasional Table Firmly Attributed to François Linke This fine table, closely related to other examples by François Linke, is...

The “ancestor” of this piece, a guéridon, was a small and typically round table that originated in mid-17th century France for holding a candelabrum to light the room or a vase. Even...

A stunning and highly quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany, Satinwood, Ormolu, and Breccia Violette Marble side table, attr. to Theodore...