GILDING … 1LDING may be broadly under-stood to mean the application ofmetals in thin leaf form to de-corative purposes, by the use ofmordants and vehicles. Origin-ally limited in scope to theapplication of gold leaf, it hasnow become a general practiceto substitute many kinds ofmetal, both in imitation of…
House painting · Interior decoration
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