gold cushion
A pad on which a sheet of gold leaf is placed for
cutting the pieces required for tooling. It
usually consists of a piece of wood padded with
blotting paper, cotton wool, or the like, and
covered with calfskin, flesh side out, and
powdered with brick dust. A stiff piece of paper
is sometimes attached to the rear edge, and run
around the sides to enclose about one-third of the
cushion, as a sort of windshield to protect the
fragile leaves from air currents. (233 , 335 , 343 )
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