French Multi Color Onyx and Champleve Enamel Table

This stunning occasional table is crafted from onyx, gilt bronze, and champlevé enamel, the result being a beautiful combination of colours, textures, and materials. The square table...

French bronze and onyx side table. The table has an ornate frame with an onyx top.

A beautiful antique French brass and onyx side table. This was made in France, it dates from around the 1930’s. The quality is superb, the brass frame has fine and intricate details...

This beautiful side table is linked with memories, represented by little objects, images, memorabilia of Artist’s travel around the world, fragments of her life all combined together...

A magnificent antique French onyx and gilt metal occasional side table. This was made in France, it dates from around the 1900-1910 period. It is of superb quality, beautifully cons...

This colorful pedestal clock has been crafted from fine red marble and green onyx, and beautifully decorated with gilt bronze (ormolu) and champlevé enamel. While a popular crafts material in ancient times, onyx was largely forgotten about until its rediscovery in the mid-19th century in Algeria by a French marble-worker called Delmonte. Onyx became highly fashionable in France following this discovery, and it was used to create a variety of decorative art objects. The clock features a green onyx cube-shaped case, which is surmounted by a slightly projecting red marble top. This top is fringed with champlevé enamel drapery-like motifs, with gilt bronze drop-finials. The case is mounted on its front with a circular dial, which features a central floral champlevé enamel motif, encircled by black Arabic Numerals. This dial is set within a gilt bronze egg-and-dart and champlevé enamel bezel. The sides of the case are mounted with circular gilt bronze barometers...