English to Czech Meaning of ormolu - ormolu


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Definitions of ormolu in English
Noun(1) brass that looks like gold; used to decorate furniture
Examples of ormolu in English
(1) A museum quality French directoire mantle clock in ormolu has been brought to the fair by Gavin Douglas, of London, as something of a mystery.(2) A bronze figure of Hercules supports an ormolu bowl surmounted by a triple row of plumes, from which rise the three candle branches.(3) He checked the time by his watch, then reset the ormolu clock on the desk, which had lost two minutes during the night.(4) an ormolu clock(5) Kent provided designs for lighting equipment, published by his associate John Vardy in 1744, that could have been made in ormolu , but because they were special commissions for a royal client, they were executed in silver.(6) There is also a correlation between art brass and the traditional use of ormolu in French interiors.(7) Lampstands made of blue jars of Spode porcelain with ormolu dragon mounts are placed strategically near the dining table, which is set for the dessert course!(8) Only two other ormolu tea urns by Boulton are known: one in the Royal Collection, and one owned by the Duke of Northumberland.(9) Le Chabanais might have been a sober French townhouse on the outside; inside it was all velvet, ormolu , and tiger-skin.(10) Nevertheless, the voluptuous figures that adorn his ormolu mounts and the fluidity of his designs gave Linke's pieces their characteristic blend of ancien regime and Art Nouveau, that made them stand out.(11) candlesticks in glass, bronze, and ormolu(12) Organised in conjunction with Soho House in Birmingham, where Boulton lived and had his factory, this conference explores themes such as Boulton's career, his work in ormolu and silver, and the role of his factory.(13) Papworth also designed the marble chimney-piece carved by W.G. Nicholl, and an elaborate steel and ormolu fire-grate made by W. Slark & Son.(14) Among the thieves' haul were four antique boxes, rare Meissen porcelain figures, vases and bowls, and two ormolu clocks, which had all been in Lord Chichester's family for generations.(15) These are the only versions known to have been executed in ormolu , and must be one of the earliest instances of this material being used for decorative objects in England.(16) Relations between the two were not always good, but in 1752 a spectacular casket, mounted in ormolu with pietra dura plaques, is first recorded at The Vyne.
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