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gold leaf

NOUN
  1. a very thin form of gold foil

How To Use gold leaf In A Sentence

  • Of Oaxaca's twenty-seven churches, by far the most opulent is the Santo Domingo de Guzmán, built by Indian artisans in the 16th and 17th centuries and displaying much gold leaf. Oaxaca: a festive city
  • Gold leaf was applied so sparingly it looked almost apologetic. A TALE OF FOUR HOUSES: Opera at Covent Garden, La Scala, Vienna and the Met since 1945
  • One Russian businessman even ordered an exact copy of a room at the palace of Versailles for his house in Knightsbridge, complete with identical cornices and plasterwork, as well as real gold leaf and plating.
  • One peculiarity of this artist's pictures was that he used actual gold leaf to make the high lights upon hair, leaves, and draperies.
  • In many cases, framers are ‘customizing’ custom framing jobs by hand-making the frame or staining and gold leafing moulding, marbleizing matboard or etching glass.
  • Based on a traditional steak and mushroom pie, the dish includes $1,000 worth of Wagyu beef fillet, $3,330 in Chinese matsutake mushrooms (which are so rare that they are grown under the watchful eyes of armed guards), two bottles of 1982 Chateau Mouton Rothschild at a cost of about $4,200 each, as well as black truffles and gold leaf. HowStuffWorks Daily Feed
  • Gold leaf was lavished on their walls while the country was on the verge of economic collapse. Times, Sunday Times
  • Three years ago she suddenly began to produce gold leaf.
  • This was important as the clay lies directly beneath the gold leaf and its colour influences the final appearance of the gold.
  • The design is etched into the gold leaf with a sharp needle-like instrument.
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