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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cpm9ball, post: 1123122, member: 24633&quot;]The term <b>gilding</b> covers a number of decorative techniques for applying fine <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_leaf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_leaf" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0645ad">gold leaf</span></a> or powder to solid surfaces such as wood, stone, or metal to give a thin coating of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0645ad">gold</span></a>. A gilded object is described as &quot;gilt&quot;. Where metal is gilded it was traditionally usually <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0645ad">silver</span></a> in the West, to make <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver-gilt" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver-gilt" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0645ad">silver-gilt</span></a> (or &quot;vermeil&quot;) objects, but <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilt-bronze" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilt-bronze" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0645ad">gilt-bronze</span></a> is much used in China, and also called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ormolu" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ormolu" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0645ad">ormolu</span></a> if it is Western. Methods of gilding include hand application and glueing, chemical gilding, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroplating" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroplating" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0645ad">electroplating</span></a>, the last also called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_plating" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_plating" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0645ad">gold plating</span></a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilding#cite_note-0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilding#cite_note-0" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0645ad">[1]</span></a> <b>Parcel-gilt</b> objects are only gilded over part of their surfaces. This may mean that all of the inside, and none of the outside, of a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalice" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalice" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0645ad">chalice</span></a> or similar vessel is gilded, or that patterns or images are made up by using a combination of gilt and un-gilt areas.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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