Gilded Metals: History, Technology and Conservation – #BK-259

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Edited by Terry Drayman-Weisser

Gold has attracted man from ancient times to the present. This book includes beautiful illustrations of various gilded surfaces and describes techniques used in foil and leaf gilding, depletion and diffusion, fire gilding and electroplating. Concerns regarding proper conservation strategies and treatments are also discussed