This review aims to collect the recent literature about the archaeometric analysis on ancient
metals focusing on the electrochemical techniques: the electrochemical impedance …

Beginning in the 13th century, membrane metal threads–made out of animal skins (leather,
parchment, and vellum) or membranous material (eg, stomach, intestine) coated with metal …

Animal-based metal threads were largely used between the 10th and the fifteenth century, in
European, Middle Eastern and Far Eastern textile productions for the decoration of textiles …

Compared with other gold plating processes, mercury gilding was widely used in ancient
China due to the less consumption of gold and excellent adhesion between the gold layer …

This paper presents the study of metal threads and other decorative materials on 11
traditional Chinese children's hats dated to the early twentieth century. The lavishly …

In the framework of an extensive survey campaign on a collection of Japanese samurai
armors, metallic threads from different parts of the traditional equipment were studied by …

A new standards-based scanning electron microscopy with the energy-dispersive X-ray
spectrometry (SEM–EDS) quantification method was used to analyze the thin-film coating of …

This manuscript provided one of the first scientific studies performed on ancient Spanish
liturgical vestments by using a multitechnical physicochemical approach. The interlining and …

A unique shield grip decorated with openwork rivet plates was found in a Roman Period
cemetery of the Przeworsk culture in Czersk, Central Poland. The artefact underwent …

Gold leaf... gold ground... ormolu... gilding. The gleaming metals art historians routinely
encounter in the works they study register as an instant indicator of an object's level of …