Ormolu (/ˈɔːrməˌluː/; from French or moulu 'ground/pounded gold') is the gilding technique of applying finely ground, high-carat gold–mercury amalgam to...

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...

often made of silver or brass from the 17th century, with porcelain and ormolu coming into use during the 18th century. The light of the candle flame was...

with European ormolu stand. Qing dynasty, 1720–1730. Scent container featuring a Chinese porcelain figure of Budai with French ormolu gilding and added...

from New York, maker unknown. Rosewood, mahogany, Bird's eye maple veneer, marble, ormolu, and leather. In the collection of the Cincinnati Art Museum...

decorative objects intended to be displayed together. Frequently made of metal, ormolu, often with gilded wood stands, porcelain (both European and Asian), garnitures...

to 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...

porcelain with ormolu mounts, Metropolitan Museum of Art Louis XVI style firedog with putti that warm themselves at a flame, 1780–1790, ormolu, Rijksmuseum...

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...

tunnelling, and for astronomical purposes. Asprey exhibited a kingwood and ormolu mounted lady's dressing case with silver-gilt contents bearing the "Annie"...

Pair of Chinese crackled glaze jars with French ormolu mounts, both 18th century...

At Soho, he adopted the latest techniques, branching into silver plate, ormolu ("gilt bronze") and other decorative arts. He became associated with James...

cabinet; by Jean Henri Riesener; 1780–1790; oak, mahogany, marble, and ormolu mounts; 94.3 × 81.3 × 55.9 cm; Art Institute of Chicago, US Large vase;...

and walnut, ebony veneer, tortoiseshell, brass and pewter marquetry, and ormolu Louis XVI style commode of Madame du Barry; 1772; oak frame, veneer of pearwood...

furniture also used ebony details, originally due to financial constraints. Ormolu details (gilded bronze furniture mounts and embellishments) displayed a...

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...

(gold,silver) Gunmetal (tin, zinc) Phosphor bronze (tin and phosphorus) Ormolu (zinc) Silicon bronze (tin, arsenic, silicon) Speculum metal (tin) White...

Dezincification resistant brass French Empire mantel clock List of copper alloys Ormolu Seagram Building, the first office building in the world to use extruded...

Rick tries to sell a couple one of the shop's most prized items, a $10,000 Ormolu clock, a.k.a. "The Death Clock". Another customer who collects cufflinks...

are almost always made of wood, often ebony, and often ornamented with ormolu mounts, brass inlay, wood or tortoise shell veneer, or decorative varnish...

and Mrs. Vanderbilt the piano, which is a Second Empire French mahogany ormolu mounted piano. Morning room – Designed by the French company head Jules...

Vernis Martin, after the ebenist who introduced the technique to France. Ormolu, or gilded bronze, was used by master craftsmen including Jean-Pierre Latz...

or aurum mosaicum. The term mosaic gold has also been used to refer to ormolu and to cut shapes of gold leaf, some darkened for contrast, arranged as...

Pollaiuolo, panel painting, c. 1470, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin Bartolomeo Bellano, ormolu bronzetto, 1470s, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Domenico Ghirlandaio...

hardwood notable as a foreign luxury. The beautiful wood was complemented with ormolu (gilt-bronze drawer pulls). The piece of furniture would be provided with...

origin unknown, with cellaret by Thomas Chippendale, c. 1771, rosewood and ormolu – State Dining Room – Harewood House Pier table (one of a pair) c. 1779...

Silver, 1843, for the Crown Prince of Hanover French faience, 1860 French ormolu, later 19th century Oxford University Press: OxfordDictionaries.com. "centrepiece"...

Grenadiers of the Imperial Guard and Elite Gendarmes of the Imperial Guard. (The ormolu fitting from the carriage was owned for several years by American preservationist...

Commode by Jean-Pierre Latz, France, c. 1745, tulip wood, marqetry, breche d'Alep marble, Ormolu - Cincinnati Art Museum...

The story goes that Blue John was exported to France where it was used by ormolu workers during the reign of Louis XVI (1774–92). However, there is no archival...