Russian Saint Nicholas Icon, 1870
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Russian icon of Saint Nicholas, the Miracle Worker c. 1870 painting and gold leaf on plaster and wood, the metal oklad richly chased and repousse with scrolls is pierced to reveal the painted face and hands, with giltwood frame. 49 x 42 cm. Provenance: Purchased from European antique jewellery, Perth, 1998
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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. - Embossed / Repousse - Embossing, also known as repousse, is the technique of decorating metal with raised designs, by pressing or beating out the design from the reverse side of the object.It is the opposite of chasing, where the decoration is applied from the front. An embossed or repoussed object may have chasing applied to finish off the design.
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