Get the Look: Gilded or Gilt

This week’s Get the Look guest stylist is Barbara from ionesAttic

Gilded or Gilt… a Guilty pleasure

In United States history, the Gilded Age was the period following the US Civil War, roughly from the end of Reconstruction in 1877 to the turn of the twentieth century. The term was coined by writers Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner in The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today, satirizing what they believed to be an era of serious social problems hidden by a thin layer of gold.
(from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Often when I am treasure hunting, I find myself attracted to framed mirrors and sconces that have been guided gold and worn to a lovely patina. The base can be made of wood or metal or even a composite of wood and plastic. (think Syroco products)
The best pieces have layers of red or black paint beneath the gold to give it depth.

You can create a focal point in a minimalist space with just a few gilt pieces without getting all Liberace!

Try these words in your next search:
gold gilt
gilded
Hollywood regency
Italian tole
florentine

‘Gilty as Charged’ by ionesAttic

can gold gilt coexist with the minimalist?

White French Chaise Lou… ORGANICROCKSTA… $917.92	1960’s Italian gilt… andfoundfurnis… $400	SALE Fruit Basket Candy… TheOrangeColle… $14.25	Vintage Italian Tole Fl… PatinaPosh $34.95
Vintage book bundle, Fr… modulem $50	White Barn Wood End Tab… NorthwestRecla… $150	Syroco Mirror Floral Ri… CottageChicKay $49.5	Pair Italian tole gold … honeysticksvin… $62
SALE – Vintage Large Or… SongbyrdVintag… $59	White linen window curt… LovelyHomeIdea $65	Florentine Letter,Desk … VeryVintageVib… $75	Vintage Italian Florent… BlueGrotto $250
Syroco Wall Pocket DJandPvintage $15	Walnut and White Ash Qu… sukrachand $2800	Antique Ornate Gold Fra… alexandriacart… $120	vintage wall hanging do… RecycleBuyVint… $56