1) Art material 2) Bookbinding decoration 3) Decorative foil 4) Decorative layer 5) Gilding material 6) Overlaid decoration 7) Pricey decorative sheet 8) Pricey sheets 9) Thin, foil decoration 
Gold leaf is gold that has been hammered into extremely thin sheets by goldbeating and is often used for gilding. Gold leaf is available in a wide variety of karats and shades. The most commonly used gold is 22-karat yellow gold. Gold leaf is a type of metal leaf, but the term is rarely used when referring to gold leaf. The term metal leaf is norm...
Gold beaten to the point of being transparent. A special thickness of leaf is employed by glass gilders for this reason. Traditionally, gold was beaten by hand but get thickness measurement. Today it is beaten by machine producing a thinner leaf. It is cut into approx. 3'X 3' squares and sold in books of 25 leaves. Leaf can not be touched by hand o...
extremely thin sheet of gold (about 0.1 micrometre, or 4 millionths of an inch, thick) used for gilding. Medieval illuminated manuscripts gleam with ... [3 related articles]
Thin leaves of gold used in gilding.
Genuine gold leaf used as an inclusion
[n] - a very thin form of gold foil
A very thin sheet of rolled or hammered gold that is used for gilding decoration.
noun a very thin form of gold foil
gold in the form of very thin foil, as for gilding.