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A reference companion to the museum — curated topic sections that go deeper on the subjects behind the collection. Every entry, image, and fact is drawn from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons.
Materials & Tools
What gilding is actually made of — gold, silver, and palladium, the gesso and bole grounds, the glues and varnishes, and the brushes and burnishers a gilder reaches for.
14 entriesTechniques & Process
How leaf gets from ingot to a finished surface — goldbeating and the malleability behind it, water and mordant gilding, burnishing, and the related metal-decorating crafts nearby.
14 entriesHistory & Legend
Gold's long run as the material of pharaohs and kings — the gilded burial masks of ancient Egypt, the myth of Midas, and the gold rushes that chased the metal across continents.
14 entriesApplications & Related Crafts
Where gilding turns up in the wider world — gilded frames and furniture, gold-lettered signs, illuminated bindings, mosaics, medals, and the conservators who keep it all intact.
14 entries