Gold Leaf

23.5ct Medium Deep Gold Leaf

22ct Moon Gold Leaf

18ct Lemon Gold Leaf

16ct Green Gold Leaf

12ct White Gold Leaf

These are some of the different types of gold leaf that are used in gilding picture frames. It is difficult to photograph the colours, but in reality they look quite different to each other. The gold leaves come in books of 25 sheets, each sheet is about 80mm x 80mm.

Another finished frame

Here is another finished frame that was an earlier post. The outer section of the profile is gilded in lemon gold, the inner section was painted off-white and a grey/brown colourwash was applied to the cove. Next came stippled on wax - Liberon tudor oak and also liming wax, this was left to dry for a few hours before the frame was given a polish and the wax finish was cut back a little with wire wool. The sides were also finished with tudor oak wax, lastly the gilding was wiped with white spirit to remove any wax residue and the frame was given a good polish.

Starting the gilding...

 

                                      

Here we have a couple of frames gilded in 23.5ct gold leaf - one is burnished while the other (top) was left matt. The next frame is done in 18ct lemon gold, this frame later had the outer section burnished. The last frame is gilded with 22ct moon gold over various bole colours with burnished outer.