ormolu

• He nodded at the watch, now on the ormolu-legged table beside Ophelia. —  Cleary, Melissa - Dog Mystery 04 - Skull and Dog Bones
• In her absence it was the furniture which dominated the scene – towering Chippendale cabinets crammed with china; a grand piano in ebony and mother-of-pearl; tables in ormolu, in marqueterie, in walnut inlaid with satinwood; monumental sofas; enormous chairs; a marble mantelpiece like the entrance to a tomb; a clutter of ornaments. —  The Silent Pool - Patricia Wentworth - Miss Silver 25
• In reality, these puppets in the hands of destiny were helping to decide the fate of the French monarchy The King, fat, heavy, and phlegmatic, sat in a gilded chair by an ormolu-encrusted writing-table. —  The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series
• Raising the silk curtain that divided this apartment from the parlours, Regina walked slowly up and down upon the velvet carpet in which her feet seemed to sink, as on a bed of moss; and her eyes wandered admiringly over the gilded stands, gleaming bronzes, marble statuettes, papier maché, ormolu, silk, lace, brocatel, moquette, satin and silver which attracted her gaze Beautiful pictures adorned the tinted walls, and the ceiling was brilliantly frescoed, while one of the wide bay-windows contained a stand filled with a superb array of wax flowers. —  Infelice
• An épergne of glass and burnished ormolu, in the form of supporting oak leaves, with numerous sockets for candles, was set, filled with fruit, in the centre of the table; silver lustre plates were laid; but Jasper Penny heedlessly fingered the stem of a wine glass. —  The Three Black Pennys A Novel

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