Giltwood and Marble Coffee Table, Italian 19th Century
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- Giltwood - Giltwood is used to describe a gold finish on furniture and other decorative wooden items, whereby a thin sheet of gold metal, called gold leaf, is applied to the surface for decorative purposes.
Unlike gilding, where the gold leaf is applied over a coating of gesso, with giltwood the gold leaf is applied direct to the surface, or over a coat of linseed oil gold leaf adhesive.
Most gold-finished mirrors will be gilded, whereas furniture with gold highlights will have the gold applied through the giltwood method.
This item has been included into following indexes:
- tables, Italian - Italian, wine and ocasional 67
- tables, marble top - marble top 132
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tables, purpose or type
- coffee, pre 1950 89
- gilt 83
- tables, small, period or style - Victorian 74
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