Look up: Gilding

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   Gilding
   To overlay with or as if with a thin coating of gold. See also
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   Gilding
   Ground gold-leaf mixed with oil, honey or mercury, painted on then fired in a low temperature kiln
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   Gilding
   Mostly in the bookwork field, gold leafing the edges of a book.
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   gilding
   Application of gilt (gold or a substance that looks like it) to a surface. From the 19th century, gilt was often applied to ceramics and to the relief surfaces of woodwork or plasterwork to...
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   gilding
   art of covering substances,such as wood,with layers of gold leaf Category: Iron and steel industries
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   Gilding
   generally taken to mean the covering of furniture, decoration etc with gold leaf, but can also be undertaken in silver and a number of alloys. There are two methods of guilding, oil guilding and water guilding which refers to the manner in which the surface was treated prior to the leaf bein...
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   gilding
   Liquid gold is a solution of powdered gold leaf and oils containing sulphur. Used on meissen porcelain by 1730, and in Britain from the mid-18thC, it produces a film of metal with a similar effect to that of lustre ware.
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   Gilding
   Gild'ing (gĭld'ĭng) noun 1. The art or practice of overlaying or covering with gold leaf; also, a thin coating or wash of gold, or of that which resembles gold. 2. Gold in leaf, powder, or liquid, for application to any surface. 3. Any superficial coating or appearance, as opposed to what is solid and genuine. Gilding metal , a tough kind of sheet ...
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   Gilding
   `Gilding` is the art of applying a thin layer of gold, simulated gold, or other metal to a surface. Products employed may be real gold leaf ranging in karats from 9 (white gold) up to 24; imitation leaf--composition gold, Dutch metal leaf, aluminum leaf, copper leaf; variegated leaf, mica powders; etc.
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    Gilding
    • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gild
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    gilding
    the art of decorating the whole or parts of wood, metal, plaster, glass, or other objects with gold in leaf or powder form. The term also embraces ... [6 related articles]
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    Gilding
    A coating with a thin layer of gold or gold-like substance.
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    Gilding
    The process of coating silver with a thin layer of gold. Until the introduction of electrolytic gilding in the 1860's the effect was achieved by applying an amalgum of gold and mercury to a piece and then driving off the mercury with heat. This was an extremely dangerous process which accounted for the very high prices charged by gilders and the scarcity of craftsmen prepared to carry out the w...
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    gilding
    gilding, process of applying a thin layer of real or imitation gold to a surface. The process is employed on wood, metal, ivory, leather, paper, glass, porcelain, and fabrics and is used to embellish the decorative elements, domes, and vaults of buildings. Gold, or a substitute, may be applied in le...
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