Italian Giltwood Altar Candlestick and Santos Figures
An antique Italian giltwood altar candelstick and two Philippino Santos figures, the candlestick on tripartite leaf carved base, a carved and polychromed santos of St Francis and another of a female saint. Height of candlestick 34.25 in. Provenance: from the contents of Swanton (built 1827), Sutton Forrest, NSW
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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:
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candlesticks, material
- gilt and bronze 261
- gilt and gold 167
- polychrome, painted 89
