See also:

• ORMOLU (Fr. or moulu, gold ground or pounded)

ORMOLU (Fr. or moulu, See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold ground or pounded)  , an alloy of See also:

• COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

copper and See also:

• ZINC

zinc, sometimes with an addition of See also:

• TIN (Lat.- stannum, whence the chemical symbol " Sn "; atomic weight =117.6, 0=16)

tin . The name is also used to describe gilded See also:

• BRASS
• BRASS (O. Eng. braes)

brass or copper . The tint of See also:

• ORMOLU (Fr. or moulu, gold ground or pounded)

ormolu approximates closely to that of See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold; it is heightened by a See also:

• WASH, THE

wash of gold See also:

• LACQUER, or LACICER

lacquer, by See also:

• IMMERSION (Lat. immersio, dipping),

immersion in dilute sulphuric See also:

• ACID (from the Lat. root ac-, sharp; acere, to be sour)

acid, or by burnishing . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal use of ormolu is for the mountings of See also:

• FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture . With it the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French ebenistes of the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century obtained results which, in the most finished examples, are almost as See also:

• FINE

fine as jewelers' See also:

• WORK

work . The mounts were usually See also:

• CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast and then chiselled with extraordinary skill and delicacy .