: an extremely thin sheet of gold that is used especially for gilding
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a frame covered with gold leaf
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Daube’s abstract art highlights the power of abstraction in large format utilizing powdered pigments, gold leaf foil and numerous paint mediums.—Dawn Giangiulio, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025 Klimt is famous for his use of gold leaf in paintings such as The Kiss (1908), Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I (1907) and Judith and the Head of Holofernes (1901).—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Mar. 2025 It’s decorated in French polish with gold leaf angels.—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2025 But it’s surrounded in gold leaf, which has historically been reserved for religious works.—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 4 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gold leaf
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