Gilding is the technique of applying a new layer of gold leaf on a solid surface. This is the 12th time the Dome has gone through this process.

A gilder from Washington State, Nancy Thorn, is gilding gold leaf onto the dome, or cupola, on the roof of the hotel. Cook also bought the Morehead building next door, which was built in 1900.

IOWA CITY — The University of Iowa will regild the dome of the Old Capitol this summer after failure of gold leaf installed in 2003. OPN Architects, of Iowa City, recommended regilding at a cost ...

Kean attended a gold gilding art glass workshop in Chicago at the studio of Sean Michael Felix. The workshop fee was $2,000, but luckily, the American Glass Guild awarded Kean a $1,000 scholarship ...

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