Shell gold
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shell-gold-198-18883142
title:
Shell gold
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In art history and the craft of gilding, shell gold is gold paint given its colour by very small pieces of real gold, normally obtained either from waste gold from goldsmithing and gilding, ground-up gold leaf, or fragments that have come off a gold-ground painting or other gilded object. The name comes from the medieval habit of using sea-shells to hold pigments and paints while painting. In painting it was usually used for details and highlights. A common source is the collecting and processin
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Gilding product
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_gold
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2021-03-28T18:01:43Z
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