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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 295 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ORMOLU (Fr. or moulu,
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gold ground or pounded)  , an alloy of
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copper and
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zinc, sometimes with an addition of
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tin . The name is also used to describe gilded
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brass or copper . The tint of
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ormolu approximates closely to that of
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gold; it is heightened by a
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wash of gold
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lacquer, by
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immersion in dilute sulphuric
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acid, or by burnishing . The
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principal use of ormolu is for the mountings of
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furniture . With it the
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great
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French ebenistes of the 18th
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century obtained results which, in the most finished examples, are almost as
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fine as jewelers'
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work . The mounts were usually
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cast and then chiselled with extraordinary skill and delicacy .

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