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Material: Ormolu
Pair Of French 19th Century Louis XV St. Ormolu Candlestick Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu candlestick lamps. Each candlestick mounted into a lamp is raised by a circular base with three fine protruding elements be...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Biscuit De Sèvres Porcelain and Ormolu Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely decorative French 19th century Louis XVI st. Biscuit de Sèvres porcelain and ormolu lamp. The lamp is raised by a beautiful square ormolu base with concave c...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Belle Époque Period Ormolu Candlestick Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and very high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period ormolu candlestick lamps. Each lamp is raised by a circular base with a finely detailed wrap ar...
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19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XV St. Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. ormolu lamps. Each striking candlestick mounted into a lamp is raised by a finely detailed foliate base with elegant foliate desi...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XV Style Bronze and Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and large scale pair of French 19th century Louis XV style patinated bronze and ormolu lamps. Each lamp is raised by lovely ormolu pieced foliated and floral movements be...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Bronze, Ormolu
Pair Of French 19th Century Louis XV St. Ormolu Candelabras Signed E. Lelivevre
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and large scaled pair of French late 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu candelabras signed E. Lelivevre and casted by Susse Freres Foundary. The pair of four arm electrified...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Pair of Oriental Style Enamel Lamps, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of French, oriental style cloisonné enamel vases / lamps, each having wonderful floral decoration with birds, butterflies and dragonflies, mounted with ormolu top...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Neoclassical St. Bronze, Ormolu and Marble Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant and high quality true pair of French 19th century Neo-Classical st. patinated bronze, ormolu and Vert de Patricia marble lamps. Each lamp is raised by four fine ball s...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XV St. Ormolu Candelabra Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional and very high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. ormolu candelabra lamps attributed to François Linke. Each six arm lamp is r...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu And White Carrara Marble Candelabra Lam
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and white Carrara marble candelabra lamps. Each striking candelabra is supported by three ball feet below an Ormo...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XV St. Belle Époque Period Candlestick Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A superb pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. Belle Époque period candlestick lamps. Each lamp is raised by a beautiful circular base with wonderfully executed scrolled foliate d...
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19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Renaissance Style Patinated Bronze and Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most impressive pair of French 19th century Renaissance style patinated bronze and ormolu lamps. Each lamp is raised by striking scrolled and foliate designed ormolu feet leading u...
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19th Century French Renaissance Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
True Pair Of French 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Celadon And Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant true pair of French 19th century Neo-Classical st. Celadon Porcelain and Ormolu lamps. Each Celadon colored Porcelain lamp is raised on topie shaped feet below the squ...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
True Pair of French 19th Century Belle Époque Period Ormolu Candelabra Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely high quality true pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period patinated bronze and ormolu candelabra lamps possibly by Henri Picard. Each e...
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19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century Chinese style Famille Verte Vase or Lamp
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality 19th century Samson copy of a Chinese style Famille Verte vase or lamp. Having a blue ground with inset painted panels depicting a mountain scene with pagoda building ...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A unique and extremely elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and Baccarat crystal lamp. The lamp is raised by a striking and most deco...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
A Pair of Gilt-Bronze and Ruby Glass Table Lamps
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Pair of Gilt-Bronze and Ruby Glass Table Lamps.
Each with hexagonal stem and tulip-shaped Bohemian glass base. The metalwork finely turned with crosshatched patterns in gilt-bron...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Renaissance St. Bronze, Fruitwood, and Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and unique pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. patinated bronze, ormolu and ebonized Fruitwood lamps. Each lamp is raised by a striking square ebonized Fruitwoo...
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19th Century French Renaissance Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of French and Asian Collaboration 19th Century Régence Style Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and very unique pair of French and Asian collaboration 19th century Régence st. porcelain and ormolu vases mounted into lamps. Each lamp is raised by a finely detailed pie...
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19th Century French Regency Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Neoclassical Bronze, Ormolu and Marble Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An extremely elegant true pair of French 19th century Neo-Classical st. onyx, ormolu and patinated bronze lamps. Each lamp is raised by an octagonal onyx base with ormolu ball feet, ...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Onyx, Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Ormolu, Bronze, and Marble Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning French 19th century neo-classical st. ormolu, patinated bronze, and Rouge Griotte marble lamp signed Clodion. The lamp is raised by an impressive square Rouge Griotte marb...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair Of French 19th Century Grand Tour Period Bronze And Marble Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome pair of French 19th century Greek Revival st. Grand Tour Period Patinated Bronze, Ormolu and black Belgian marble lamps, possibly by Barbedienne. The pair of lamps are rai...
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19th Century French Grand Tour Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Porcelain, Gilt and Ormolu Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fabulous French 19th century Louis XVI st. cobalt blue Sèvres porcelain, gilt and ormolu lamp. The lamp is raised by a fine circular base with a bottom ormolu band and fine foliate gilt accents at the fluted socle support. The elegantly shaped body displays additional gilt accents and striking richly chased ormolu rams...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
American 19th Century Patinated Bronze and Ormolu Lamp by E.F. Caldwell
Co.
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A remarkable and very unique American 19th century patinated bronze and ormolu lamp by E.F. Caldwell & Co. The lamp is raised by an elegant square ormolu base with a fine wrap around...
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19th Century American Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu Three Arm Candelabra Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu three arm candelabra lamps. Each lamp is raised by a circular stepped base with a lovely wrap around foliate band and beaded design. Above the spiral fluted socle pedestal is a fine berried laurel pattern...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Sèvres Porcelain and Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A pair of exquisite French 19th century Louis XVI st.Sèvres porcelain and ormolu lamps. Each lamp is raised on an ormolu base, with canted corners and fine chasing of masks amidst fo...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Pair Of French 19th Century Charles X St. Patinated Bronze and Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A pair of exquisite French 19th century Charles X st. patinated bronze and ormolu lamps. Each lamp is raised on an ormolu square base with canted corners. The base is decorated with patinated bronze scrolled foliate with ormolu accents, that continues up the socle. Above is a very impressive patinated bronze male...
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19th Century French Charles X Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair Of French 19th Century Louis XVI. St. Ormolu, Crystal And Enamel Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning pair of French 19th century Louis XVI. st. ormolu, crystal and guilloche enamel lamps. Each lamp is raised by fine mottled bun feet below the circular base decorated with ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Crystal, Enamel, Ormolu
A Pair of Napoleon III Gilt-Bronze Neoclassical Vases, Fitted As Lamps
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Pair of Napoleon III Gilt-Bronze Neoclassical Vases, Fitted As Lamps. Attributed to Ferdinand Barbedienne.
Designed in the Néo-Grec style with scrolled swan handles and body relie...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
19th Century French Cherub Candelabra to Lamp
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
19th Century French Cherub Candelabra to Lamp. Beautiful design and stands, see photos.
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
$2,900 / set
Pair of French Turn of the Century Louis XVI St. Amethyst Colored Glass Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and unique pair of French turn of the century Louis XVI st. amethyst colored glass, ormolu, and crystal candelabra lamps. Each three arm lamp...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Bronze, Ormolu and Marble Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated bronze, ormolu, and Vert de Patricia marble candelabra lamps. Each six arm lamp is raise...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. White Carrara Marble, Ormolu and Wedgwood Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. white Carrara marble, ormolu, and Wedgwood lamp. The lamp is raised by a circular base decorated with a beautiful fitted pierced Rinc...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Russian 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Marble, Crystal, and Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely decorative Russian 19th century Neo-Classical st. white Carrara marble, rock crystal, crystal, and ormolu candelabra lamps. Each three arm lamp is raised by ...
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19th Century Russian Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Crystal, Rock Crystal, Marble, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Marble Candelabra Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and white Carrara marble candelabra lamps. Each three arm lamp is raised by an elegant circular stepped white Carrara marb...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Marble, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Renaissance Style Patinated Bronze and Marble Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. patinated bronze and marble lamps. Each lamp is raised by ormolu ball feet below the triangular Black Belgian marble base with ...
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19th Century French Renaissance Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Belgian Black Marble, Ormolu
Antique Japanese Urn Converted to Lamp
Located in New Orleans, LA
This lovely Japanese urn was converted to a lamp. The colors on the porcelain urn remain strong and the design sharp.
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Patinated Bronze, Ormolu, and Marble Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated bronze, ormolu, and white Carrara marble lamp, retailed by Caldwell of New York. The lamp is raised by a square o...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Marble Candelabra Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and marble candelabra lamps. Each three arm lamp is raised by an elegant square white Carrara marble base...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Marble, Carrara Marble, Ormolu
Pair of Fine Quality Italian Scagliola Urns with Ormolu Mounts as Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A Pair of Fine Quality Italian Scagliola Urns with Ormolu Mounts and Marble Bases, now wired as lamps. The lion mask bearing ring handles are well sculpted, as are the additional mou...
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19th Century Italian Second Empire Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Sèvres Porcelain And Ormolu Clock Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and most unique French 19th century Louis XVI st. Sèvres porcelain and ormolu clock lamp. The clock/lamp is raised by an elegant square ormolu base with concave corners, ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
French 19th Century Renaissance Style Bronze, Ormolu and Marble Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and large scale true pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. patinated bronze, ormolu and Rouge Griotte marble lamps. Each lamp is raised by a circular mottled Rouge G...
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19th Century French Renaissance Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
True Pair of French 19th Century Belle Époque Period Ormolu Candelabra Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking large scale true pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period ormolu candelabra lamps. Each seven arm lamp is raised by an elegant triangular shaped base ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Renaissance St. Bronze, Ormolu and Marble Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and most impressive pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. patinated bronze, ormolu and Rouge Griotte marble lamps signed F. Barbedienne. Each lamp is raised by a squ...
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19th Century French Renaissance Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
True Pair of French 19th Century Belle Époque Period Bronze
Porphyry Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and very high quality true pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period patinated bronze, verdigris ormolu and Porphyry candelabra lamps. Each six arm lamp is raised by a square Porphyry base with a striking wrap around berried laurel ormolu band and exceptional richly chased swaging blooming flower garlands encasing the circular Porphyry support. At the center are charming verdigris cherubs sitting on patinated bronze rocks...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century Bronze and Ormolu Oil Lamps on Marble Base, converted electric
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
19th Century Bronze and Ormolu Oil Lamps on Marble Base, converted to electric
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Late 19th Century Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Renaissance St. Ormolu and Silvered Bronze Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and extremely decorative pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. ormolu and silvered bronze lamps. Each lamp is raised by four fine circular mottled feet below handsom...
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19th Century French Renaissance Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu Candelabra Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu candelabra lamps. Each four arm lamp is raised by a beautiful mottled circul...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Bronze, Ormolu, and Marble Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking pair of French 19th century neo-classical st. patinated bronze, ormolu and Brèche de Appenninica marble candelabra lamps. Each two armed lamp...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
French 19th Century Neoclassical Style Ormolu and Vert Patricia Marble Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking French 19th century Neo-Classical st. ormolu and Vert Patricia marble lamp. The lamp is raised by a square Vert Patricia marble stepped base with fine foliate, berried lau...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Bronze and Marble Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most impressive and high quality true pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated bronze, black Belgian marble and ormolu lamps of Bacchus and Diana the Huntress signed F. ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Belgian Black Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Marble Candelabras Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and Rouge Griotte marble three arm electrified candelabra lamps. Each lamp is raised by fine ormolu ball ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Marble, Ormolu
Pair of French Mid-19th Century Louis XVI Style Mounted Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most important and impressive large scale pair of French mid 19th century Louis XVI st. Vert Antique of Greece marble and ormolu mounted seven arm candelabras. Each candelabra is raised by a square marble base decorated by a laurel chased ormolu band. Above is the mottled socle supporting the sensational urn which is flanked by richly chased 'S' scrolled bundles of wheat spiraling down to the base. Above are the seven electrified 'S' scrolled ormolu arms with extremely detailed foliage amongst buds and blossoming...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Marble, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Fruitwood Candelabra Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking pair of French 19th century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and ebonized Fruitwood candelabra lamp. The two arm lamp is raised by a triangular ebonized Fruitwood base and fine mottle...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Neoclassical Lamps in the Manner of Clodion
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome pair of French 19th century Neo-Classical st. Black Belgian marble, ormolu and patinated bronze lamps in the manner of Clodion after a model by John Flaxman. Each lamp is raised by a beautiful circular mottled black Belgian marble base below the striking patinated bronze socle pedestal with fitted ormolu flutes. The patinated bronze body displays finely chased cherubs playing in a field on one side, and on the other side picking grapes out of a basket. To each side are wonderfully detailed animal...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Belle Époque Period Marble and Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A splendid pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period Vert Antique marble and ormolu lamps. Each lamp is raised by a triangular base with concave sides decorated w...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Bronze, Ormolu and Marble Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. cobalt blue enameled bronze, ormolu, and black Belgian marble lamps. Each lamp is raised by a square stepped black Belgian marble...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XV St. Ormolu Candlesticks Mounted into Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and uniquely scaled pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. ormolu candlesticks mounted into lamps. Each candlestick is raised by a Rocaille-designed base with fine folia...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XV St. Ormolu and Bronze Candelabra Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and very high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. ormolu and patinated bronze candelabra lamps. Each seven ar...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French Mid 19th Century Louis XVI St. Bouillotte Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A lovely French mid 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and white Carrara marble candelabra mounted into a Bouillotte lamp. The square marble base with concave sides is richly chased w...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
Antique Ormolu Table Lamps and Other Ormolu Lighting for Sale on 1stDibs
Able to double as task lighting, table lamps can illuminate darker corners of a room, and antique ormolu table lamps and other ormolu lighting can be incorporated into a variety of spaces.
Your style of decorating doesn't have to necessarily have to be rooted in neoclassical design in order to tastefully introduce ormolu — while demand for the material and/or technique was at its peak in Europe during the 18th and 19th centuries, ormolu table lamps, desk lamps and other ormolu furniture and decor are still widely loved by contemporary designers and collectors.
What is ormolu?
Ormolu is a brilliant form of decorative trickery. To the untrained eye, ormolu table lamps, 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.
If you're looking to bring a touch of this 19th-century pizzazz to your desk, an antique ormolu table lamp is a decorative touch that blends ornament and functionality. Perfect for lighting your nightstand or reading nook, table lamps play an integral role in styling an inviting room, and a well-crafted ormolu table lamp does more than provide light; the right fixture-and-table combination can add a focal point or creative element to any interior.
Today, antiques collectors and interior designers seek out the finest in ormolu clocks and 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 table lamps, ormolu floor lamps and other ormolu lighting on 1stDibs.
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