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Custom Fine Furniture by Alan Young
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An adventure in Gilding
Mr. Darcy's Writing Desk page 4
After playing around with the carvings I moved onto the legs. I taped off the areas that border the designated gilding segments-
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Woodward Woodworks
I was somewhat concerned that subsequent coats would dissolve the previous layer but I was please to find that these powers fill in quite readily. It is a matter of mixing the desired concentration. I have gone for a rather heavy mixture....
I removed the tape and began applying a stain to the remaining areas. I am giving this a wash of a red mahogany stain.
Here are the legs set into the case and the desk.
The glided drawer casing is glued in place. The other gilded carvings are taped on for now.
It's a challenge to gild enough but not too much in a busy piece like this. The top will have profile that closely follows the perimeter of the casework-in other words I plan on just enough overhang or lip to allow for wood movement. The top will have a a fairly "busy" profile routed along it's edge and that edge will receive a gilding as well.
