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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
  
The color of gold gilding has been imitated since medieval time using a transparent yellow glaze over [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=silver%20leaf silver] or [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=tin%20leaf tin] leaf. In the 19th century, [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=bronze%20leaf bronze leaf] was also used as a gold imitation (see [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=Dutch%20metal Dutch metal]). Currently, imitation gold leaf is made from tinted sheets of [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=aluminum aluminum] or [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=white%20gold white gold] ([http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=palladium palladium] and [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=platinum platinum]).
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The color of gold gilding has been imitated since medieval time using a transparent yellow glaze over [[silver leaf|silver]] or [[tin]] leaf. In the 19th century, [[bronze leaf]] was also used as a gold imitation (see [[Dutch metal]]). Currently, imitation gold leaf is made from tinted sheets of [[aluminum]] or [[white gold]] ([[palladium]] and [[platinum]]).
  
 
== Synonyms and Related Terms ==
 
== Synonyms and Related Terms ==

Revision as of 13:27, 16 January 2014

Description

The color of gold gilding has been imitated since medieval time using a transparent yellow glaze over silver or Tin leaf. In the 19th century, Bronze leaf was also used as a gold imitation (see Dutch metal). Currently, imitation gold leaf is made from tinted sheets of Aluminum or White gold (Palladium and Platinum).

Synonyms and Related Terms

imitation gilt; imitation gold leaf ; imitation de dorure (Fr.); imitatie vergulding (Ned.)

Authority

  • Hermann Kuhn, Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art and Antiquities, Butterworths, London, 1986

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