THE ART OF THE GOLD LEAF
A private collection through the Italian craftsmen masters’ masterpieces available on opensea.io
I’m publishing a limited and exclusive collection of 13 artworks related to the antique and precious art of the Gold Leaf (better known as Gilding) made by the Italian craftsmen masters on opensea.io.
What is the art of Gilding? I quote a detailed Wikipedia article about this singular decorative technique.
Gilding is a decorative technique for applying a very thin coating of gold to solid surfaces such as metal (most common), wood, porcelain, or stone. A gilded object is also described as “gilt”. Where metal is gilded, the metal below was traditionally silver in the West, to make silver-gilt (or vermeil) objects, but gilt-bronze is commonly used in China, and also called ormolu if it is Western. Methods of gilding include hand application and gluing, typically of gold leaf, chemical gilding, and electroplating, the last also called gold plating.[1] Parcel-gilt (partial gilt) objects are only gilded over part of their surfaces. This may mean that all of the inside, and none of the outside, of a chalice or similar vessel is gilded, or that patterns or images are made up by using a combination of gilt and ungilted areas.
Gilding gives an object a gold appearance at a fraction of the cost of creating a solid gold object. In addition, a solid gold piece would often be too soft or too heavy for practical use. A gilt surface also does not tarnish as silver does.
The collection is from an Italian private owner that bought these items in the next century in various boutiques located in Liguria and Piedmont made by craftsmen masters.
It’s essential to underlighting that all these boutiques no longer exist and the masterpiece creators are passed away. All the items are unique and rare masterpieces.
This exclusive and fine collection will soon be available on opensea.io. All these masterpieces will mint in NFTs, and you will be able to buy and collect them.
All the artworks are LIMITED EDITION, will be created only ONE NFT per artwork.
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