26-01-17, 10:10 PM
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Originally Posted by 'Ticker' Riley
Would I be correct in what is meant by ‘dead gilt’ and ‘burnished gilt’ is specifically the finish of the gilding?
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Yes.
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As such, would ‘dead gilt’ be a dull finish, whilst ‘burnished gilt’ a polished one?
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Yes to both.
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Originally Posted by 'Ticker' Riley
It seems rather than ‘fire-gilt’ I should have said ‘fire-gilding’, which I believe is a kind of gilding process.
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Yes.
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What would the actual gilding process have been in the late 1940s and early 1950s? Was a new technique introduced at this time at all?
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Sorry, I don't know.
Rgds, Thomas.
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