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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.

Gold

Gold

Silver

Silver

Palladium

Palladium

Alloy

Alloy

Gesso

Gesso

Rabbit-skin glue

Rabbit-skin glue

Agate

Agate

Chalk

Chalk

Varnish

Varnish

Paintbrush

Paintbrush

Adhesive

Adhesive

Vermilion

Vermilion

Clay

Clay

Linseed oil

Linseed oil