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Ormolu (/ˈɔːrməˌluː/; from
French or moulu 'ground/pounded gold') is the
gilding technique of
applying finely ground, high-carat gold–mercury
amalgam to...
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other objects such as furniture. It is
often gilded to give gilt-bronze or
ormolu.
Common bronze alloys have the
unusual and
desirable property of expanding...
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decorative works. They are most
frequently constructed from any
combination of
ormolu, porcelain, and wood. One of the most
common and
valued types of mantel...
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ornate entrance halls panelled in the
William & Mary
style and lit by
ormolu and
crystal light fixtures. At the
uppermost landing was a
large carved...
- and walnut,
ebony veneer, tortoises****, br**** and
pewter marquetry, and
ormolu Louis XVI
style commode of
Madame du Barry; 1772; oak frame,
veneer of pearwood...
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porcelain with
ormolu mounts,
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Louis XVI
style firedog with
putti that warm
themselves at a flame, 1780–1790,
ormolu, Rijksmuseum...
- from New York,
maker unknown. Rosewood, ****gany, Bird's eye
maple veneer, marble,
ormolu, and leather. In the
collection of the
Cincinnati Art Museum...
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decorative objects intended to be displa**** together.
Frequently made of metal,
ormolu,
often with
gilded wood stands,
porcelain (both
European and Asian), garnitures...
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Bureau Cabinet dated c1750 from Germany, with
especially fine
marquetry and
ormolu mounts. One of the
grandest pieces of 19th-century
furniture is the highly...
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normally also silver-gilt. A
similar material is gilt-bronze, also
known as
ormolu. Silver-gilt
objects have been made
since ancient times across Eurasia,...
