Difference between revisions of "Shell gold"
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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | A [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=watercolor | + | A [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=watercolor%20paint watercolor paint] made by mixing [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=gold%20powder gold powder] with [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=gum%20arabic gum arabic]. Shell gold was an expensive paint used for gilded surfaces in paintings and manuscripts as well as for decorative tooling on [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=leather leather] bindings. It was traditionally stored in mussel [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=shell shells]. The gold powder was prepared by grinding [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=gold%20leaf gold leaf] in [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=honey honey]. |
== Authority == | == Authority == | ||
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* ''The Dictionary of Art'', Grove's Dictionaries Inc., New York, 1996 Comment: Craddock "Gilding" | * ''The Dictionary of Art'', Grove's Dictionaries Inc., New York, 1996 Comment: Craddock "Gilding" | ||
| − | * | + | * Ralph Mayer, ''A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques'', Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing) |
| − | * | + | * Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, ''Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology'', U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982 |
| − | * | + | * R.D. Harley, ''Artists' Pigments c. 1600-1835'', Butterworth Scientific, London, 1982 |
| − | * | + | * Teri Hensick, contributed information, 1998 |
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Revision as of 07:29, 24 July 2013
Description
A watercolor paint made by mixing gold powder with gum arabic. Shell gold was an expensive paint used for gilded surfaces in paintings and manuscripts as well as for decorative tooling on leather bindings. It was traditionally stored in mussel shells. The gold powder was prepared by grinding gold leaf in honey.
Authority
- The Dictionary of Art, Grove's Dictionaries Inc., New York, 1996 Comment: Craddock "Gilding"
- Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)
- Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982
- R.D. Harley, Artists' Pigments c. 1600-1835, Butterworth Scientific, London, 1982
- Teri Hensick, contributed information, 1998