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The opportunity to redisplay the domestic metalware collections in London's Victoria and Albert Museum has led to a reassessment of the museum's historical lighting equipment. This article looks at lighting in ormolu and relates the museum's holdings to examples still in their original historical context in England's palaces and great country houses.
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In the recently published Materials and Techniques in the Decorative Arts: An Illustrated Dictionary, Lucy Trench defines ormolu as
a term for decorative objects or furniture mounts, made in the 18th and early 19th centuries, in cast brass, chased and gilded by the fire ...