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Table 1 Structures and materials compositions of the models

From: Does substrate colour affect the visual appearance of gilded medieval sculptures? Part I: colorimetry and interferometric microscopy of gilded models

Model name

Model year

Gilding technique

Gold leaf type

Gold leaf layers

Grounding type

Substrate type

Substrate colour

Substrate year

Wetting agent/adhesive

Surface burnishing

y4_pg

2019

Water gilding

Poliergold

Single

Chalk

Bole

Yellow

2019

Ethanol/water mixture

nb & b

r1_pg

2019

Water gilding

Poliergold

Single

Chalk

Bole

Red

2019

Ethanol/water mixture

nb & b

r5_pgx2

2019

Water gilding

Poliergold

Double

Chalk

Bole

Red

2019

Ethanol/water mixture

Rabbit skin glue

nb & b

y7_dg

2020

Water gilding

Doppelgold

Single

Chalk

Bole

Yellow

2019

Ethanol/water mixture

nb & b

b1_dg

2020

Water gilding

Doppelgold

Single

Chalk

Bole

Blue-grey

2020

Ethanol/water mixture

nb & b

b4_dg

2020

Water gilding

Doppelgold

Single

Chalk

Bole

Blue-grey

2020

Ethanol/water mixture

nb & b

b2_dgx2

2020

Water gilding

Doppelgold

Double

Chalk

Bole

Blue-grey

2020

Ethanol/water mixture

Rabbit skin glue

nb & b

r7_dg

2020

Water gilding

Doppelgold

Single

Chalk

Bole

Red

2019

Ethanol/water mixture

nb & b

r9_dg

2020

Water gilding

Doppelgold

Single

Chalk

Bole

Red

2020

Ethanol/water mixture

nb & b

r10_dgx2

2020

Water gilding

Doppelgold

Double

Chalk

Bole

Red

2020

Ethanol/water mixture

Rabbit skin glue

nb & b

w1_dg

2020

Ground gilding

Doppelgold

Single

Chalk

Ground

White

2019

Rabbit skin glue

nb & b

w4_dg_oil

2020

Oil gilding

Doppelgold

Single

Chalk

Gold size

Light brown

2020

Gold size

nb