Imitation gilding
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Description
The color of gold gilding has been imitated since medieval time using a transparent yellow glaze over leaf silver or leaf tin leaf. In the 19th century, leaf bronze leaf was also used as a gold imitation (see metal Dutch metal). Currently, imitation gold leaf is made from tinted sheets of aluminum or gold white gold (palladium and platinum).
Synonyms and Related Terms
imitation gilt; imitation gold leaf; imitation de dorure (Fr.); imitatie vergulding (Ned.)
Authority
- Hermann Kuhn, Hermann Kuhn, Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art and Antiquities, Butterworths, London, 1986