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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | A fine, soft, natural red [ | + | A fine, soft, natural red [[clay|clay]] used as an ingredient in grounds for [[gold leaf]]. The red color of the bole produced a richer quality in the gold leaf. Additionally, the fine texture of the clay provided a dense surface for burnishing the [[gold]]. |
== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
Revision as of 08:35, 9 January 2014
Description
A fine, soft, natural red Clay used as an ingredient in grounds for Gold leaf. The red color of the bole produced a richer quality in the gold leaf. Additionally, the fine texture of the clay provided a dense surface for burnishing the Gold.
Synonyms and Related Terms
poliment; bolus; Armenian bole; red bole; gilders red clay; gilder's red clay; bol rouge (Fr.); bol arménien (Fr.); bol (Esp.); bolo (It., Port.); bolus (Port.)
Authority
- R. J. Gettens, G.L. Stout, Painting Materials, A Short Encyclopaedia, Dover Publications, New York, 1966 Comment: p. 98
- Reed Kay, The Painter's Guide To Studio Methods and Materials, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1983
- Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)
- Hermann Kuhn, Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art and Antiquities, Butterworths, London, 1986
- R.D. Harley, Artists' Pigments c. 1600-1835, Butterworth Scientific, London, 1982
- Conservation Support Systems, Catalog, 1997
- Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia, Douglas M. Considine (ed.), Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1976
- Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
- The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998