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Faux graining under white overpaint, Hearthside, Lincoln, RI

Gilding, Graining, Bronzing

1. CAMEO is a searchable encyclopedia developed at the Conservation and Collections Management Department at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. CAMEO contains chemical, physical, visual, and analytical information on over 10,000 historic and contemporary materials used in the conservation, preservation, and production of artistic, architectural, and archaeological materials.
   1. Type in "natural resin" into the CAMEO database.
2. Wilkipedia
   1. Faux Finishing
   2. Gilding
   3. Bronzing
   4. Graining
3. Hughes, Richard, The Colouring, Bronzing and Patination of Metals. New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1991 [View on Amazon]
4. Gilding Vocabulary
5. The Finishing School, Inc., Atlanta, GA
6. The Faux Finish School, Louisville, Kentucky
7. Gilding Oregon Capitol Pioneer, Salem, Oregon

Materials

1. Sepp Leaf Products, Inc., Sepp Leaf Products, Inc. is an international distributor of gold and metal leaf.
2. Tips on Faux Finishing, Zinsser
3. Kremer Pigments (acquired by Sinopia)