Goldbeaters Preparing Metal For Spun Gold
by Universal History Archive/uig
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Goldbeaters Preparing Metal For Spun Gold
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Universal History Archive/uig
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Photograph - Photograph
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Goldbeaters preparing a thin duplex sheet of silver and gold to be cut into strips and used to cover thread to produce 'spun' gold. From De la pirotechnia by Vannoccio Biringuccio (Venice, 1540).
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July 12th, 2016
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