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Oil Gilding

Tags: Frames, Gilding, Historic Frames

The process of applying a thin layer of gold on the surface of a solid base. Oil gilding is less labor intensive than water gilding and is the preferred method for gilding elaborate ornamental relief. Oil gilding cannot be burnished.

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