1) Adorning unnecessarily 2) Artistic technique 3) Coat 4) Coating 5) Embellishment 6) Gilt 7) Superficial coating 8) The application of gilt
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The term gilding covers a number of decorative techniques for applying fine gold leaf or powder to solid surfaces such as wood, stone, or metal to give a thin coating of gold. A gilded object is described as `gilt`. Where metal is gilded, it was traditionally silver in the West, to make silver-gilt (or vermeil) objects, but gilt-bronze is common.....
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• (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gild
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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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To overlay with or as if with a thin coating of gold. See also
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A coating with a thin layer of gold or gold-like substance.
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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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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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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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The process of covering a base material with a thin layer of metal, often precious like gold or silver.
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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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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 appea...
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Decorative effect of applying gold leaf or powder to a surface.
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The decoration of surfaces with gold leaf. (c.f. gilded, gilt)
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Ground gold-leaf mixed with oil, honey or mercury, painted on then fired in a low temperature kiln
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Gilding is the art of applying gold-leaf or gold in a finely-divided state to surfaces of wood, stone, or metals. It is a very ancient art, being practised among the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and Ancient Persians. The processes employed through more modern times have been very varied. Metals are gilded either by what is called chemical gilding, me...
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The application of gold by various processes to pottery.
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Applying a very thin coat of gold to a metal for appearance and corrosion protection.
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A technique of applying a gold finish to a surface: usually by application of either gold paint or gold leaf.
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Mostly in the bookwork field, gold leafing the edges of a book.
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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 ...
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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 highlight a design. Gilding ceramics The gold layer can be created in a number of ways. From 1853 until the late 1860s, brown gold – a mixture of gold chlo......
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Sticking on gold leaf to edges of books with a liquid agent and made permanent with burnishing tools.
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Gilding is a process where the surface of an object is covered in fine gold leaf or a fine gold powder on a metal, wood or stone surface. The result is a
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the application of gilt. · the gold leaf or other material with which something is gilded. · the golden surface produced by the application of gilt. · something used to create a deceptively pleasing, impressive, or alluring aspect or character.
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