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== Description ==

A thin, clear, tissue paper interleaved with gold plates for the production of gold leaf. Goldbeater's paper has a hard surface that is free from lint. The self-supporting tissue can be used to pickup and transfer each gold leaf. 

See also [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=goldbeater%27s%20skin goldbeater's skin].

== Authority ==

* ''The Dictionary of Paper'', American Paper Institute, New York, Fourth Edition, 1980



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