Thinly applying gold leaf to a work. A gilt is the surface on which the gold has been applied.
The application of gold leaf to the writing surface.
The application of gold or metallic leaf to a book's trim edges.
See gold leaf gilding and gold painting. Gold applied to glass either as a gold leaf onto a fixative or powder gold mixed with a fixative that is painted or brushed on and fired. Alternately, gold leaf is fused between two layers of clear glass. Gold application dates back to ancient times.
A coat of gold or gold-coloured substance applied mechanically or chemically to the surfaces of paintings, sculptures and architectural decoration.
Sticking on gold leaf to edges of books with a liquid agent and made permanent with burnishing tools.
The application of gold leaf. The gold leaf could simply be laid down on the area to which a binding medium such as glair (egg white) or gum Arabic has been applied. It could also be laid on a raised ground of gesso. In order to enrich the tonality of the gold and to make the areas to which the ground has been applied more visible, a colorant such as bole (a pink earth color) was often added to the base. The gold was burnished. Gilding formed the first stage in the painting process of illumination, since it was a messy activity, the gilded area often requiring trimming with a knife. The gilding of a manuscript illustration was carried out by the artist or by a specialist.
Ground gold-leaf mixed with oil, honey or mercury, painted on then fired in a low temperature kiln
The coating of a surface with a thin layer of gold. Electroplating is the modern form of gilding.
Coating a surface with a thin layer of gold, which may be either pure gold or a gold alloy. It was carried out in olden times using mercury (fire of mercury gilding). It is now done either by electroplating or mechanical cladding. (See Gold-Filled.)
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.
A means of achieving a glittering golden expanse with a minimum of gold. In South America, this was done by chemically removing the other metals, like silver and copper, from the surface of a gold alloy, leaving an exterior layer of almost pure gold. This can also be achieved by coating or overlaying with a thin sheet of gold. (See Gold Leaf)
Application of gold or silver to a surface.
Overglaze gilding is fired on to an already-fired glaze surface at about 800ºC. Flux, gold in various forms, a little gum arabic. are mixed together-after the firing the gold may have to be burnished; silver can be used in this way.
Considered by many to be the highest form of sign art, gilding is the application of thin metal sheets to glass,signs, and vehicles. After the work surface is clean and the design is marked out, a gelatin sizing is brushed on the area to be gilded. The gold leaf is lightly applied to the work site using a gilder's tip and static electricity. After the entire area is dry, the gold leaf is burnished and holes and imperfections in the gild are filled. The final step, if the gild is reversed on a window, is painting the backs of the letters (and an outline) or outlining them is it is a direct gild. On outdoor application, a protective clear coat is sometimes applied when the gilding is on incised stone.
the application of gold or silver in Miniatures or Initials, and more likely seen in the work of later Middle Ages' commercial manuscripts. While gold was laid flat in monastic manuscripts and left to a dull finish, Gesso in Paris shops was first liberally applied on areas before gilding, then built up and overlaid with gold in the form of gold leaf and burnished to a jewel-like sparkle. In common practice, gold leaf was usually applied first before any other decoration, to avoid damaging painted areas during the burnishing process.
1. To overlay with, as if with a thin covering of gold; 2. To give an attractive but often deceptive appearance to.
Application of gold to overglaze design especially common on imari ware. Picture
The art of ornamenting furniture, accesories, and architectural details with gold leaf or gold dust.
The process of applying gold leaf to the illumination. The process of gilding a manuscript requires the skill of an artist or a gilding specialist. Often it is the first thing artists do in the painting process because it is messy.
the application of a gold finish. It can be achieved by applying gold leaf, or by using metallic powders.
The process of applying gold leaf and/or burnishing powders to a prepared wood frame. See "gold leaf."
gold foil applied to furniture, ceramics, picture frames, etc.
Considered by many traditionalists to be the highest form of sign art, gilding is the application of thin metal sheets (see gold leaf) to glass, signs and vehicles. After the work surface is clean and the design is marked out, a gelatine sizing is brushed on the area to be gilded. The gold leaf is then carried to the work site through the use of the gilder`s tip and static electricity. After the entire area is dry, the gold leaf is burnished and holes and imperfections in the gild are filled. The final step is painting the backs of the letters (and an outline) if the gild is reversed on a window, or outlining them if it is a direct gild.
Procedure by which surfaces of various materials are covered in gold.
a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold
An artistic process in which a thin metal leaf is affixed to a surface. The effect is that of solid or inlaid metal. The process has its origins in ancient Egypt and China, but reached its height of popularity at the end of the 19th century with Victorian fashion and gilded picture frames.
the process of decorating glass by firing on gold leaf.
The application of a gold color to silver either: (1) by melting gold with mercury and painting it onto the surface with a brush, before removing the mercury by evaporation under heat, causing the two metals to fuse; (2) by soaking a linen rag in a solution of chloride of gold, burning it and rubbing the ashes onto the silver, which adhere; or (3) by modem electrolysis.
A technique for applying gold to furniture and other surfaces.
Gold leaf or a paint containing or simulating gold
Process of applying a gold finish to silver or electroplated object.
to apply gold or metal leaf to a surface by means of adhesives.
The process of decorating glass by the use of gold leaf, gold paint, or gold dust. The gilding may be applied with size, or amalgamated with mercury. It is then usually fixed to the glass by heat. Gold leaf may be picked up on a gather of hot glass.
Coating paintings, sculptures, and architectural ornament with gold, gold leaf, or some gold-colored substance, by either mechanical or chemical means. In panel painting and wood sculpture, the gold leaf is attached with a glue sizing that is usually a dull red in color.
Covering an object with a thin layer of gold. In pottery gold powder is mixed with a resin and applied with a brush. By firing in the kiln at ~650°C the glaze begins slightly to melt and resin burns leaving the gold on the surface of the pot.
Using leaf (golf or silver), painting or effects to add interest to the surface of the glass.
gold coating with a thin layer of gold foil leaf, or a faux resemblance.
Process of applying thin gold foil to a surface.
a method of decorating a bottle by fixing gold to the outside of the bottle. IGCB
Mostly in the book arena, gold leafing the edges of a book.
Mostly in the bookwork field, gold leafing the edges of a book.
The application of metal in any form (metal leaf, metallic foil, metallic paint, metallic powder).
application of gold leaf or powder to enhance metal, wood, or ceramic.
Gold leafing usually applied to wood, plaster, or metal
An ornamentation to cover or binding, an overlay with a thin covering of gold to give an attractive appearance. ( See sample)
A thin coat of gold or imitation gold applied mechanically or chemically to the surface of a painting, sculpture, or architectural decoration.
The application of a gold finish on top of silver.
A thin surface coating of gold. Originally accomplished by the technique of fire gilding, a toxic method involving mercury, gilding on silver is now done through the process of electroplating. see; Parcel Gilding
A thin layer of gold. Gilded ceramics have gold trim.
Plating with a thin layer of gold.
the application of gold to the surface of an object for decorative purposes. An early technique was unfired lacquer gilding, in which a gold powder mixed with lacquer was painted on a glazed vessel, but the result was fragile and easily worn off. Honey gilding involved ground gold leaf mixed with honey, which was fired at a low temperature and could be chased and tooled. This was replaced with mercury gilding in the 19th century.
A form of sign art where thin metal sheets are applied to glass, signs, and vehicles. See gold leaf.
Originally refering to a method of applying gold finish to ceramics, glass, silver or electroplated items, it is now used more generically to refer to the gold, silver or platinum trims often appearing on the rims of plates, cups and dishes etc, and sometimes within the pattern itself.
A method of decoration using gold or gold coloured printing
The process of coating a base metal such as brass with a very fine layer of gold, much used in watch-movement finishing. For clocks, it is mostly used to decorate external details.
An object decorated with a thin layer of gold, gold leaf or gold foil.
Decoration with gold in the 18th Century. Gold-leaf could be used in several different colors from a full yellow to a leaf with a slightly reddish cast. Application could be either via gold-leaf or powder in a liquid vehicle. Gilding was used to produce a sumptuous effect.
A coat of gold or of some gold-colored substance applied mechanically or chemically to surfaces of a painting, sculpture, or architectual decoration.
A bindery term referring to the process of gold leafing the edges of a book.
Ornamental coating of gold leaf or gold dust.
A coating with a thin layer of gold or gold-like substance.
The art of attaching thin metal leaf to an object to approximate the effect of solid or INLAID metal.
In book printing, the application of gold leaf to the edges of a book.
Methods of gilding wood have remained unchanged. The two main techniques are still in current use: Water Gilding is the application of gold leaf using water as the agent to cause the gold to 'stick' to the gesso, some of which is then burnished. Oil Gilding is the application of fine sheets of gold leaf on to a surface with an oil size, a more lasting process but less lustrous. Gilt-metal and gilded metal are achieved by fire-gilding (also known as mercury gilding), when an amalgam of mercury is applied to the metal to be gilded, which fuses on being heated.
The application of gold or silver to the surface of a manuscript, which was often laid onto gesso in the form of metallic leaf.
The process of applying a thin layer of gold or gold alloy to another material.
the process of electroplating a layer of pure gold on another metal.
Coating with a thin layer of gold (or a substance which resembles gold).
Applying gold or a gold-like substance to the surface of an object.
Process of obtaining a finish by using metal leaf.
The application of gold, silver or any other metal leaf to a chosen surface.
The very ornate effect of decorating with gold either by powder in a liquid application or by applying gold leaf.
Gilding is the art of applying metal leaf (most commonly gold or silver leaf) to a surface.