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Material: Ormolu
Pair of Late Empire Ormolu and Patented Bronze Figural Candelabra Lamps, C. 1815
By Louis Isidore Choiselat 1
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of period Empire figural candelabrum. Each modeled as a winged figure of Victory, of patented bronze, with both arms supporting a floral wreath, and three horns-of-plenty, of or...
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1810s French Empire Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Sévres Porcelain and Ormolu lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome French 19th century Louis XVI st. Sévres Porcelain and Ormolu lamp. This wonderful lidded urn mounted into a lamp is raised by a circular Ormolu base with corner supports ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal Girandole Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A remarkable and very high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and Baccarat crystal Girandole lamps. Each Girandole is rai...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Fine Pair of Ormolu-Mounted White Opaline Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Origin: French
Date: Late 19th century
Dimension: 39 inches overall.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
$5,500 / set
Pair Antique Russian Neoclassical Period White Opalescent and Ormolu Vases/Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A fine pair of antique Russian neoclassical period white opalescent glass and ormolu mounted two handled vases, later turned to lamps. The electrification was done on the outside and the vases were never drilled, as they are still intact and in excellent condition.
Provenance: Michael Simon...
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Early 19th Century European Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu Lamps, Signed Vian
By Henry Vian
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu lamps signed Vian. Each two arm lamp is raised by a circular base with a fine...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu Girondole lamps
By Baccarat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and tastefully decorated pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu Girondole lamps. Each six light lamp is raised on a circular Ormolu base wi...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
A true pair of French 19th century faux Porphyry Ormolu patinated Bronze lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and most decorative true pair of French 19th century faux Porphyry, Ormolu and patinated Bronze lamps of Napoleon. Each impressive lamp is raised by a mottled rectangular ...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Porphyry, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Marble Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and marble urns mounted into lamps. Each lamp is raised on a square gilt wood and marble base with concave corners. The ri...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Pair of Chinese Famille Vert Porcelain
French Ormolu Mounted Candelabra Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A Magnificent Pair of 19th Century French Ormolu-Mounted Chinese Export Porcelain Candelabra Lamps with Famille Vert Enamel Flower Decoration. Each vase is of baluster form with a do...
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1880s French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th century Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite French 19th century Charles X Period Ormolu, Baccarat Crystal and Faux Porphyry lamp. This stunning lamp is raised by an octagon shaped faux painted Porphyry base below ...
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19th Century French Charles X Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Pair French Serves style porcelain lamps, 1890.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An unusual burgundy coloured pair of late 19th Century French Sevres style porcelain vases / lamps. Each with classical scrolling gilded decoration, gilded ormolu maidens to either s...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Pair of Mid-19th Century Bronze and Ormolu Candlestick Lamps
Located in London, GB
A Pair of Mid-19th Century bronze & ormolu Candlesticks having reeded sconces above leaf scrolled reeded tapering stems with leaf scroll & lion’s paw triform bases.
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Mid-19th Century English Regency Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair French Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze
Cut-Glass 6-Light Girandole Table Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine Pair of French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze and Cut-Glass Six-Light Girandoles Table lamps, in the manner of Baccarat. The finely chased ormolu frame with six ...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Amethyst, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of French Mid-19th Century Two-Arm Candelabras Mounted into Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant pair of French mid 19th century two arm candelabras in ormolu and patinated bronze mounted into lamps. The pair is raised on a square giltwood base below a white Carrara b...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Two Antique Cloisonné Enamel and Gilt Bronze Oil Lamps
Located in London, GB
These beautiful oil lamps were created in France in the late 19th century. They are designed in a wonderful chinoiserie style—a European take on Chinese decorative arts.
The lamp...
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Late 19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze, Enamel
19th Century French Ormolu Candelabra Lamp With Tole Shade
Located in Farmingdale, NJ
Exceptional casting. Truly stunning 19th century French candelabra converted to lamp with a great tole shade.
Tole shade is showing paint losses but free from dings or damage other...
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1890s French Rococo Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Wonderful Pair French Regency Cut Crystal Ormolu Gilt Bronze Column Lamps
By Baccarat
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Pair Of French Regency Style Faceted Cut Crystal & Ormolu Gilt Bronze Column Form Table Lamps, Completely Rewired With New Sockets
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20th Century French Regency Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Bronze, Ormolu
pair of French 19th century Empire st. patinated Bronze and Ormolu lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and stately pair of French 19th century Empire st. patinated Bronze and Ormolu lamps. This handsome pair of lamps are raised by triangular shaped bases with concave sid...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of Empire Style Black Stone and Ormolu Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Each candleholder of columnar form surmounted with ormolu stiff-leaf capitals and with acanthus-wrapped base, on pedestal bases with outswept scrolling feet. Fitted with two brass bulb sockets. Adjustable. Later mounded as a lamps. With duck blue...
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Late 19th Century Empire Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Stone, Brass, Ormolu
Palatial Pair of Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Malachite Candelabra
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Palatial Pair of Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Six Light Malachite Candelabra
Finely casted gilt bronze and rococo and foliate arms above a spiraled carved malachite body with bronze handles, supported on thick square bases.
Malachite is a semi-precious stone and also a valuable copper ore, hydrous copper carbonate. It is a beautiful green earth stone...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Malachite, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of early 20thC French Style Crystal Drop Lustres
Located in Altrincham, GB
Pair of early 20thC French Style Crystal Drop Lustres on ormolu frames and base with acorn finials to the top - all lights and lamps have been rewired with authentic corded flex, fi...
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Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
pair of Continental 19th century Neo-Classical st. Ormolu and Glass lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and most decorative pair of Continental 19th century Neo-Classical st. Ormolu and Glass lamps. Each wonderful lamp is raised by a square stepped base with an acanthus leaf...
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19th Century Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
A pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu and Tole Bouillotte lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and most decorative pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu and Tole Bouillotte lamps. Each wonderful candlestick mounted into a lamp is raised on a circular Ormol...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Marble and Ormolu Mounted Candelabra Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine pair of French 19th century marble and ormolu mounted figural urn three-light table lamp candelabra. The ovoid white marble body surmounted with a pair of mermaids holding han...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
$6,950 Sale Price / set
46% Off
Pair of French 19th Century Belle Époque Period Candelabra Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and monumentally scaled true pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. Belle Époque period ormolu and patinated bronze candelabra lamps...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Fine Pair of 19th Century Ormolu-Mounted Chinese Porcelain Vases Oil Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine pair of Chinese Export, 19th century porcelain bottle vases mounted with French ormolu as oil lamps. The well potted ovoid light pale-green porcelain pear...
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19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
$7,895 Sale Price / set
39% Off
Pair Of French 19th Century Louis Philippe Period Bronze And Marble Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful pair of French 19th century Louis Philippe period patinated bronze, ormolu and Sienna marble lamps. Each candlestick lamp is raised by a...
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19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Two Antique Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze and Marble Table Lamps
Located in London, GB
These exquisite gilt bronze (ormolu) lamps were crafted in the late 19th century in France. With their classically-inspired urns, scrolls, foliage, flower and fruit swags, these lamp...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
19th Century French Marble and Ormolu Columnar Lamp
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This stately French lamp has a green column with an ormolu collar situated on a green marble triangular plinth with ormolu mounts, 19th century.
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Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
A pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Opaline Glass and Ormolu lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Opaline Glass and Ormolu lamps. Each lamp is raised by a fine circular Ormolu base below the beautifully shaped...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Pair Of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Rock Crystal
Crystal Girandole Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and highly quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Rock Crystal and Crystal Girandole lamps. Each six light Girandole is raised by a circular Ormolu base with a ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Ormolu
pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. Sévres Porcelain and Ormolu lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and intricately detailed pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. Sévres Porcelain and Ormolu lamps. Each most elegant vase mounted into a lamp is raised by pierced foliat...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
French Gilt Bronze Baroque Style Candlestick Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French gilt bronze Baroque style candlestick lamp.
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20th Century French Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th century Neo-Classical st. Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite and high quality French 19th century Neo-Classical st. Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu lamp. This impressive lamp is raised by a square bombee shaped Ormolu base with concav...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
French 19th century Belle Époque Period Louis XVI st. Onyx and Ormolu lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and high quality French 19th century Belle Époque Period Louis XVI st. Onyx and Ormolu lamp. This stunning lamp is raised by a square Onyx base decorated above by a floral...
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19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Onyx, Ormolu
pair of French 19th century Empire st. Ormolu and Crystal lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and high quality pair of French 19th century Empire st. Ormolu and Crystal lamps. Each stunning candlestick mounted into a lamp is raised on four Ormolu lion paws below a ...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
pair of Chinese 18th century Porcelain and French Louis XVI st. Ormolu lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite and most decorative pair of Chinese 18th century Famille Rose Porcelain and French Louis XVI st. Ormolu mounted lamps. Each most elegant vase mounted into a lamp is rais...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
French mid 19th century Louis XIV st. Ormolu lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A high quality and large scale French mid 19th century Louis XIV st. Ormolu lamp. This wonderful candlestick mounted into a lamp is raised by a hexagonal shaped base with a mottled e...
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19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
19th C Derby Porcelain, Regency Period,
Old Imari
Vase now as a Lamp
By Derby
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Derby Porcelain (England), Regency period, decorated in the Old Imari or “Japan” manner, circa 1815–1835
This refined and substantial porcelain urn represents an accomplished exampl...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Unique Pair 19th Century Gilt Bronze "Japonisme" Candelabra by Maison Marnyhac
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Unique Pair of Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze “Japonisme” Ten Light Candelabra by Maison Marnyhac
Maison Marnyhac
Floral decorated vase shaped body with handles, sitting on three dolphin...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
$28,000 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique Classical Ormolu AladdinTable Lamp 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a splendid gilded ormolu marble based table lamp dating from the early 20th Century.
Add an element of Classical Aladdin elegance to your home with this exquisite table lam...
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Early 20th Century Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
French Gilt Bronze Baroque Style Candlestick Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French gilt bronze baroque style candlestick lamp
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Early 17th Century French Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of French Victorian Porcelain Celadon Table Lamps
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Victorian porcelain pate-su-pate celadon lamps with floral decoration and gilt bronze base and trim. (Originally oil now wired for electric)(PRICED AS Pair).
Ships wi...
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19th Century French Victorian Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XVI Style Ormolu Bouillotte Lamp with Porcelain Flowers by E. F. Caldwell
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
This fine quality Louis XVI style bronze bouillotte lamp, mounted on a Carrara marble base features hand painted porcelain flowers and naturalistic
gilt bronze leaves and branches. ...
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Late 18th Century American Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
A Pair of 19th Century French Ormolu Mounted Hand-Diamond Cut Crystal Lamps
By Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
A Large Pair of 19th Century French Ormolu Mounted Hand-Diamond Cut Crystal Vases Turned-to-Lamps. Each lamp features hand-diamond cut crystal bodies with a prismatic lattice patter...
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1870s French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
pair of French late 19th century Neo-Classical st. Ormolu and Crystal lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and high quality pair of French late 19th century Neo-Classical st. Ormolu and Crystal lamps. This stunning pair of lamps is raised on Ormolu pawed feet below the square b...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Marble Lamps
By Henry Dasson
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and extremely elegant true pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and Vert Campan marble lamps attributed to Henry Dasson. Each lamp is raised by a circular base...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Neoclassical Bronze and Red Marble Lamps
Located in Shippensburg, PA
FINE PAIR OF NEOCLASSICAL ORMOLU-MOUNTED ROUGE MARBLE TABLE LAMPS
France, probably Paris, circa third quarter of the 19th century
Item # 404LBP26Q
A magnificent pair of Neoclassical vases converted into lamps, they are designed loosely after the influential vases of Antiquity known as the Medici and Borhese Vases. Those Kraters were executed in marble and have been widely considered the finest and most well-conceived vases of Antiquity. They have been frequently copied and have been the inspiration for many decorative arts, including the present pair.
The original vases feature bas-relief scenes in the Medici vase of a seated Iphigenia beneath a statue of Diana surrounded by Achilles, Ulysses and Agamemnon and in the Borghese vase a scene of drunk Silenius, Dionysus wearing his animal skin garment and Ariadne all together accompanied by a procession of revellers.
The present example departs from antiquity, focusing only on the Bacchic revellers and have repeated this motif across the field of the vase. They carry in their outstretched arms wreathes and long drapes of their garments, several carrying in hand the Thrysus. The chorus of figures is loosely reminiscent to the Borghese Dancers, also known as the Dancing Hours, executed in bas relief in marble...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Fine Pair Of Charles X Gilt Bronze Bouillotte Lamps
Located in Essex, MA
Unusual lamps with embroidered silk and gold and silver wire filagree covered tole shades. Adjustable shade. Three candle arms and one central one not fitted with a bar to support sh...
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1830s French Charles X Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu, Tin
Wonderful Pair French Gilt Dore Bronze Cut Crystal Urn Form Ormolu-Mounted Lamps
By Baccarat
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Pair Of French Gold Gilt Dore Bronze Ormolu & Cut Crystal Urn Form Lamps, Completely Rewired With New Sockets In The Manner Of Baccarat.
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20th Century French Regency Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Pair of French Doré Bronze Neoclassical Ormolu Gilt Candlesticks Lamps
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Exceptionally Fine Pair French Ormolu and patinated Bronze early Victorian Single Light Candlesticks of tall slender form and fairly standard proportions, now converted to a Stunn...
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19th Century French Early Victorian Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of 19th Century French Sevres Style Vases or Lamps
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of French Sevres style, ormolu-mounted vases or lamps. Each with Rams head mounts, a cobalt blue ground with gilded decoration around painted panels depicting cla...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Breche Violette marble lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A lovely and most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Breche Violette marble lamp. This attention grabbing lamp is raised by a square Ormolu base with cut corners an...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French 19th century Louis XV/XVI st. Ormolu lamp, signed Gagneau Paris
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and most unique French 19th century Louis XV/XVI st. Ormolu lamp, signed Gagneau Paris. This rare lamp is raised by on a circular scalloped Ormolu base with a mottled oute...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Iron, Ormolu
pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu lamps
By Baccarat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A high quality and most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu lamps. Each lamp is raised on a square Ormolu plinth displaying a Coeur-de-Rai b...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Pair of French Chinoiserie Style Faience, Glass, and Gilt Bronze Lamps
Located in London, GB
Pair of French Chinoiserie style faience, glass, and gilt bronze lamps
French, late 19th century
Measures: Height 75cm, diameter 18cm
Each lamp in this pair is wrought from exqu...
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Late 19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of
Japonsime
Blue Porcelain Vases Mounted as Lamps
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Pair Of 'Japonsime' Gilt-Bronze-Mounted Powder-Blue Porcelain Vases, Mounted As Lamps. By Ferdinand Barbedienne, Paris.
Each with a square shaped body. The sides decorated with ...
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19th Century French Japonisme Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Rock Crystal Girandoles Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu, Baccarat crystal and rock crystal three arm Girandoles lamps. Each lamp is raised by a circular base with a fine wrap aro...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Ormolu
pair of French 19th century Charles X Period patinated Bronze and Ormolu lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome pair of French 19th century Charles X Period patinated Bronze and Ormolu lamps. The pair are raised on square patinated Bronze bases below richly chased Ormolu scrolled le...
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19th Century French Charles X Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, 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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