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ID: 300265199
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300265199

 

Record Type: concept
silver leaf (leaf (metal), <metal by form>, ... Materials (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Silver beaten out into thin leaf for use in gilding. Silver leaf is about three times as thick as gold leaf because silver is less malleable but the resulting leaf is easier to handle. It requires lacquering or varnishing to prevent tarnishing; for this reason it is often replaced by palladium leaf. In the commerical arts inexpensive aluminum leaf is used to achieve the effect of silver leaf. Silver leaf can also be covered with a golden yellow transparent coating as a substitute for gold.
 
Terms:
silver leaf (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,N)
silver-leaf (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
silver-foil (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
銀箔 (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
yín bó (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
yin bo (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)
yin po (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
bladzilver (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
feuille d'argent (C,U,French-P,UF,U,N)
bladsølv (C,U,Norwegian (Nynorsk)-P,AD,U,SN)
bladsølv (Norwegian (Bokmål)-P,AD,U,SN)
hoja de plata (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  M.MT

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Materials Facet
Materials Facet
Hierarchy of Materials (hierarchy name)
.... Materials (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of materials (substances)
........ materials (substances) (G)
Hierarchy of <materials by composition>
............ <materials by composition> (G)
Hierarchy of inorganic material
................ inorganic material (G)
Hierarchy of metal
.................... metal (G)
Hierarchy of <metal by form>
........................ <metal by form> (G)
Hierarchy of leaf (metal)
............................ leaf (metal) (G)
Hierarchy of silver leaf
................................ silver leaf (G)

Additional Notes:
Chinese (traditional) ..... 用於鍍金過程,經過捶打而成的銀薄箔。因為銀的延展性不比及金,所以銀箔厚度約為金箔的三倍,不過做成的銀箔卻比較容易處理。銀箔需要另外上亮漆或亮光漆以防變暗,也因為如此,常被鈀箔替代。商業藝術中,常採用廉價鋁箔以達到銀箔的效果,也可用金黃色透明塗層覆蓋銀箔來代替金箔。 
Dutch ..... Tot een dunne laag gehamerd zilver dat als verguldsel wordt gebruikt. Bladzilver is ongeveer drie keer zo dik als bladgoud, aangezien zilver minder kneedbaar is, terwijl het resulterende bladzilver beter te verwerken is. Bladzilver dient te worden gelakt of gevernist om metaalaanslag te voorkomen; om die reden wordt vaak de voorkeur gegeven aan bladpalladium. In de commerciële kunst wordt goedkoop bladaluminium gebruikt om het effect van bladzilver te simuleren. Bladzilver kan ook worden bedekt met een transparant goudgeel laagje om als vervanging voor goud te dienen. 
Spanish ..... Plata que es golpeada hasta transformarse en una delgada lámina que es utilizada para dorar. La lámina de plata es tres veces más gruesa que la lámina de oro, porque la plata es menos maleable, pero la hoja resultante es más fácil de manejar. Requiere ser lacada o barnizada para evitar que se oscurezca, por esta razón es a menudo reemplazada por hoja de paladio. En las artes comerciales de bajo costo se utiliza la hoja de aluminio para lograr el efecto de la hoja de plata. La hoja de plata también puede ser cubierta con un baño de color amarillo dorado transparente como un sustituto de oro. 

Sources and Contributors:
銀箔............  [AS-Academia Sinica Preferred]
...........  藝術名詞與技法辭典 p. 417
bladsølv............  [NASJON Preferred]
.................  Norwegian National Museum of Art database (2021-)
bladzilver............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred]
.......................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
feuille d'argent............  [VP]
.............................  BHA, Authority file (1973-2003) accessed 16 December 2004
hoja de plata............  [CDBP-SNPC Preferred]
..........................  TAA database (2000-)
silver-foil............  [VP]
.......................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-) accessed 31 January 2005
silver leaf............  [GCI Preferred, VP Preferred]
.......................  AATA database (2002-) 128839 checked 26 January 2012
.......................  Grove Art Online (2003-2008) "Gilding, Materials and techniques: Leaf," accessed 31 January 2005
.......................  Mayer, Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques (1981) 360
silver-leaf............  [VP]
.......................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-) accessed 31 January 2005
yin bo............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
.................  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
yín bó............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
.................  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
yin po............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
.................  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
 
Subject: .....  [AS-Academia Sinica, CDBP-SNPC, GCI, NASJON, RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
............  AAT-Ned (1994-)
............  AATA database (2002-) 128839 checked 26 January 2012
............  Grove Art Online (2003-2008) "Gilding, Materials and techniques: Leaf," accessed 31 January 2005
............  Mayer, Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques (1981) 360
............  Norwegian National Museum of Art database (2021-) bf99bf75-f722-4198-a152-c981f599fd70
............  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-) accessed 31 January 2005
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Grove Art Online (2003-2008) "Gilding, Materials and techniques: Leaf," accessed 31 January 2005
.......... Mayer, Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques (1981) 360
Chinese (traditional) .......... [AS-Academia Sinica]
.......... AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
Spanish .......... [CDBP-SNPC]
.......... TAA database (2000-)

 

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