Goldbeating is the process of hammering gold into an extremely thin unbroken sheet for use in gilding. == History == 5,000 years ago, Egyptian artisans recognized the extraordinary durability and malleability of gold and became the first goldbeaters and gilders. They pounded gold using a round stone to create the thinnest leaf possible. Except for...
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(from the article `mask`) ...silver and gold were used. Among the most splendid examples of the burial portrait mask is the one created about 1350 for the pharaoh ... The process of pounding fine gold into leaf is known as goldbeating and has undergone little change since antiquity. It begins with a small ingot, ... ...always consis...
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the art or process of beating out gold into gold leaf.
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