单词 | gilt-bronze |
释义 | > as lemmasgilt-bronze gilt-bronze n. and adj. [after French bronze doré (1610 or earlier)] (a) n. bronze or (in later use) another metal of a yellowish colour that has been subjected to a gilding process using an amalgam of gold and mercury; (b) adj. made from or decorated with this kind of metal; (also) †resembling the colour of this metal (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > gilding and silvering > [noun] > gilding > gilt goldeOE gilt1429 water-gold1634 oil gold1710 gilt-bronze1745 honey-gold1852 vermeil1858 pink gold1873 honey gilding1954 1745 D. Soyer & J. Lockman tr. ‘Monsieur de Blainville’ Trav. III. iii. 17 The Head, Hands and Feet, are of gilt Bronze. 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 1206/2 Large vase to support lights, with painting on porcelain, after Boucher, mounted with gilt bronze figures. 1889 Cent. Dict. Gilt-bronze, a gilded metal much used for decorative objects, either real bronze, or often brass, latten, or some similar yellow metal. 1906 F. Treves Highways & Byways Dorset iv. 43 A track made of gilt-bronze moss. 1936 Burlington Mag. Nov. p. xix/2 Various candelabra in gilt-bronze. 2000 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 2 Apr. 2/3 (advt.) The sale will comprise European Furniture, Sculpture and Works of Art; including gilt-bronze mounted furniture, marquetry or lacquered works, marble and bronze figures. < as lemmas |
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