gold leafing
Thin decorative foil
Gold leafing is the craft or process of applying thin sheets of gold to a surface for decoration.
The technique covers picture frames, book edges, architectural details, and religious icons with a lustrous metallic finish: The restorer spent weeks gold leafing the ornate ceiling.
Also called gilding.
- boleArboreal stem section
- burnisherTool for smoothing surfaces
- thin sheetsFlat, minimal-depth material
- medieval manuscriptsHandwritten documents from Middle Ages
- gilderApplies gold to surfaces
Renaissance art · polishing · sgraffito · gesso · architectural details · Egyptian tombs · patination · antique finish · picture frame · cushion · knife · altar piece · mordant · Book of Kells · Byzantine icons · embossing · brush · miniature painting
- restorationrestoration, repair, renovation, rebuilding, refurbishment
- metalworkblacksmithing, silversmithing, enamel, metal crafts, metalsmithing
- decorative finishesfaux finish, faux finishes, glazing, varnish, patina
- gilt-edgedgilts, treasury bonds, treasuries, government bonds
- bookcraftbookbinder, conservator, sewing, folding, forwarding
- glassworkingglassblowing, glass blowing, lampworking, flamework, lampwork
material authenticity
gold leafingsolid gold
Entirely of precious yellow metal
gold bullion · gold paint · gold ingot · gold bar · gold plating