13 Facts About Gold leaf

Gold leaf is available in a wide variety of karats and shades.

Gold leaf is a type of metal leaf, but the term is rarely used when referring to gold leaf.

The term metal leaf is normally used for thin sheets of metal of any color that do not contain any real gold.

Gold leaf is sometimes used in art in a "raw" state, without a gilding process.

Since the decline of gold ground painting at the end of the Middle Ages, gold leaf has been most popular and most common in its use as gilding material for decoration of art or the picture frames that are often used to hold or decorate paintings, mixed media, small objects and paper art.

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Gold leaf is used in Buddhist art to decorate statues and symbols.

Gold leaf is the basis of the gold ink used in Islamic calligraphy and Islamic manuscript illumination.

Gold leaf on carved wood in Historic Downtown Salem, Massachusetts.

Gold leaf has long been an integral component of architecture to designate important structures, both for aesthetics and because gold's non-reactive nature provides a protective finish.

The mosaics were made of stone, tile or glass backed on gold leaf walls, giving the church a beautifully intricate backdrop.

The wall decoration accords well with the real yellow gold leaf ceiling, incorporating semi-precious stones such as jade, mother of pearl, turquoise being lined with warm marble and formed into blind arcades with semi-elliptical arches resting on slender octagonal columns, their unmolded capitals and the impost being encrusted with goldground mosaic.

Gold leaf is sometimes used to decorate food or drink, typically to promote a perception of luxury and high value; however, it is flavorless.

In Continental Europe liquors with tiny floating pieces of gold leaf are known of since the late 16th century; originally the practice was regarded as medicinal.