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There are Ceveral methods of gilrling in ufe amoog

us,

gilding io water, gilding iD oil, gilding by fire,

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'ih, "u/hoá'¡

'IlJo/rr·C

lLO lNC. Water.gilding requires

more preparation than oil gilding, aod is chieBy 00

woodeo' works, and tboCe

mad~

of í!ucco; and thefe

too muí! be Ibelrered from the weather. A fize is u·

fed for this way of gildir.g made of Ibreds,

ti,.

parchment Or glo»es boiled iD water to the eoofií!enre

of a jelly.

the thing tO be gilt be of wood, it il

firí! w¡¡{hed with this fize, boiling hOl, and then fel 10

dry; and anerwards wilh while paint mixed up with

!heCame fize. Some uCe Spanilb while for this purpolé,

aod others plaí!er of Puis, well bealeo and fifted.

This fized paint muí! be laid on wirh a í!iff brulll;

whieh is tO be repeated feldomer or oflener aecording

lO the nature of Ihe worlc, as ten or twelve limes io

/lal or fmoolh works; but Ceven or eight times will be

fuffieien: in piem of Ceulpture.

:he formereafe Ihey

are applied bydrawing the brulb over the work, in the

!auer by daubing it. When!he whole is dry, they

moií!en it with fair water, and rub it oirer with feve·

pieees of ca.efe linen, if it be on the Hat; if not,

they beat or fwiteh it with feveral lIips of Ihe

f.me

lioeo, lied to a litrle í!ick. 10 m,ke it follow aod enler

all the cavities and depre/fures thereof.

Having thus 6nilbed lhe while, the next t'hiog to be

dooe, is 10 colour it with yellow ochre: bUI if it

a pieee of feulpture in

r~lievo,

th"y

firíl

touch it up,

and prepare Ihe feveral pam, wBich may havebappeo·

ed to have been disfigured, by the fmall iron in{hu·

ments, as gouges, ehitrels,

ti,.

The ochre ufed for

this purpoCe muí! be well grouod and fifled, and mixed

ilp wilh rhefize beCore·mentioned. This colour is 10 be

laid on hol; aod io works of feulpture, fupplies the

place of gold, which fomelimes eanool be carried inlo

alllhe depretrures aod eavities of the foliages and oro

oaments. A lay is alfo applied Ol'er this yellow, which

ferves for the ground 00 whkh the gold is 10 be Jaid:

Ihis lay is ufuallycompofed of Armenia" bole, .blood–

Hone, black,lead. and a liale fal; 10 whieh fome add

foap, and oil of olives'; olbers. bUTO' bread, bií!re,

~ntimony,

glafs of lin, butter, and fugar.candy.

Thef~

ingredients beiog al1 grouod dowologelher wilh hOI fize,

Ihree lays

this campofitioo is applied upoo Ihe yel-

10IV, the ooe aCler Ihe other has becn dried; beiog

cautions

to put aoy into Ihe eavity qf the work tO

hide the yellow.

Thebrufh u'fed for this purpofe, muí! be a fO(1 one;

and wheo

!he

rñal~r

is beeome'very dry, they go o–

ver it agaio with a í!roogn brulb, tOrub it dowo, and

take off lhe fm.1I graios Ihat í!ick OUI, in order 10 fa·

cilitate Ihe buroilbiog of the gold.

To be prepared for gildiog. you muí! have three

{om of peoeils; ooe to wet, aoolher 10 loueh'up ánd

am~od,

aod a Ihird 10 flatleo; alfo a gilding culbioo,

for fpreadiog tbe leaves

gold 00 whelllakeoOUI o( Ihe

book; a knife to CUl Ihem. and a fquirrel's tail 6tled

with a haodle; or

e1Cc

a pieee of fioe Cofl í!uff 00 a

·{tick, 10 take Ihem ·up diredly and apply Ihem,

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are firí! to begio lVith wetting your peocil.

by wbich

the laí!laylaid 00 lVith waler is fIIoií!eoed, that it may

the beaer receive aod relaio the gold. . Theo you are

to lay the leaves of gold on the culbion; and if whole,

you muí! take up with Ihe fquirrel's tail, bol, ifin pieees.

with the olher ioí!rumeol. or the koife wherewilh

~hey

are eUI, aod lay and fpread them gently 00 Ihe part'll

o( the work you had moií!ened before. If the leaves,

as they frequently

do,

happeo 10 crack or break in

layiog 00, Ihefe breaches mutl

made up wilh fm.1I

bits of lea(, lueo up upon the repairiog peneil, aod

the whote work is lO be fmoolhed either with the

fam~

peocil, or aoolher Comelhiog larger; the gold bciog

prelfed inlo the deots, ioto which il eD>lld not be fo

eafilyearried by lhe fquirrel's t:nl.

The WOtlt ha.ing been

t~u,

far gilded,

mo~

fet

to dry, io order tO be barnilbed aed Jlaned. See

BURNI!IHMG.

The laí! opemioo is the applyiog the vermeil in all

the Jittle lioes and

ea.ili~i

aod

(lop aod amend

80y

liale fauhs ",ith fhel1.gold. The eompofilioo ealled of

nrmeil is made of gum

gott~,

vermilion, and

,Iinle of

fome ruday·brown, ground logelher witb venetiao varo

nilb and oil of turpentioe. Sorne gilders, inílead of

lh}s, make Ibin will. 60e lacea, Ilr ilragoo's .blood,

with gum·waler.

Somelimes, ionelti!

b~roi~

the gold, therbur–

oifh the1:rollod or compofilion laid 00

~he ~an

before

it. aod only afterwards walb the paTl Ofer with

~he

fize, Thi, memod is ehitlly pnélifed for me .hands,

face, and other oudities io relievo: "hich, by this

means, do oot appear fo verybrilliaot

a<;

tbe.pans bur–

nilbed, though much more fo titan !he par" perfeélly

Bat.

To gild a pieee of work, aod yet preferve .while

grounds,

th~y

apply a lay of Spanilb white, miKed

~1tb.

a weak filb.glue, on all the pans

Ihe gronnd, where.

on the yelloll1 or the laí!lay might runo

'rhf1l1r/hoá'¡G ILOINC

inoil.

ThisoperatioD're~uires

mueh lefs apparatus than Ihat beCore-memiooed. The

bafis or matter wherroo Ihe gold is laid, io this me–

thod, is the remaios of eolours

fo~od

Celtled to lhe bót–

tom of the pots in which paioters walb Iheir

p~ncils.

This mwer, which is very vi{eid ior lIieky,

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.nrí!

grouod, aod theo patred Ihrough

lioeo.c1otn, aod

Ihus Jaid 00 the matler 10 be gil!, after it is walbed

ooce

Iwice over Wilh fize; and if it .be wood, wilh

fome while paiot.

Wheo this 'is

~lmpfl

dry, OUt yet is ftill uotluons

eoough to cateh aod r<:taio the gold, the leaf·golE! is

Jaid 00, eilher whole, if Ihe 1V0rk be Jarge, or cut to

pieces, 1ffmaller: the Jeaves of gold are taXen

aod

laid 00 with

'piece of fine,

f~fl.

wdl cmied' eottoo ;

or Cometirnes by a pallet for'the purpoCe, or Comelinles

"ilb (he knife ...i,h whieh lhe leaves "'ere CUI.

ae~or

diog to the paTlS of Ihe work Ihat are lO be giJded, Or

the brelKllh of Ihe gold Ih.t is' lo be laiel 00 A'S

!be

gold is laid 00, they pafs over il a ,,-oarfe llifF peocil

brulb, to make il í!ick aod as il IVere ineorporate wilh

the ground ; and afler rhis ,hey mend aoy cracks Ihat

mar