GOSSAMER GOLD
LEAF ONE. 290,00<)TH OF AN INCH THICK In London to-day there arc master craftsmen making gold-leaf one--290,000th of an ineh in thickness. Using an 81b hammer on a marble bench, they beat out loaf as frail as gossamer, and' it is iheir boast that theirs is the oldest craft in the British Empire; for they can point to gold-leaf on a mummy case in the British Museum dating back to 2600 B.C. Seven years ago, the world's; biggest makers of gold-leaf began re-
search work at their London headquarters to produce: leaf which would lie more evenly. To-day the new material la keeping its British makers busy . They are now sending it out to many quarters of the globe The ancient methods are still employed for the. gold-leaf used by sign and interior decorators in their gilding of wood work and for furniture. So, under one factory roof in London to-day, modern craftsmen are xising, side by side, methods little changed in thousands of years, with others but a tew years old.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 128, 11 July 1941, Page 2
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174GOSSAMER GOLD Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 128, 11 July 1941, Page 2
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