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Glass Gilding

Gold Leaf Lettering on Glass

Beautiful gold leaf signs on glass, also called glass gilding. We do it all by hand, using only the best materials available. Designs & Signs is well known in the Washington, DC area for glass gilding. We have installed so many fantastic looking glass gilding projects for residents and businesses all over the city.

Glass Gilding

Glass gilding is the process of indenting lettering into the windows to develop lettering and assure that it’s smooth and evenly matched. This is generally the most efficient means of applying smooth lettering to a window as opposed to simply painting on the window blindly. First, we take a stencil to carefully indent the lettering outline into the interior of the glass. Second, we hand paint the 23 karat gold leaf painting by hand into the established outline. Then, we back up the gold painting with black paint to protect the gold leaf paint and add a stark contrast between the glass and the gold leaf paint. Afterwords, we use a brush to clean any excess gold and smoothen out the lettering.

Gold Leaf Window Lettering

Typically we letter windows for restaurants, bars, and high end specialty shops. We also do some surface gilding at local museums and carved monuments. Currently we are part of a renaissance of gold leaf signage which is happening right now in Washington, DC. Traditional gold leaf is in high demand and we are excited to be a part of it!

Residential homes also need gold leaf, traditional gold numbers on the glass transom above the front entrance. We gild transoms on private homes, businesses, and multi-residence building all over the city. Sometimes we find ourselves gilding in Baltimore and Annapolis as well for residential gold leaf projects.

GOLD LEAF TRANSOM NUMBERS – 1110

Gold Leaf Transom Numbers – 1110

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Gold leaf transom numbers 1110 (glass gilding) in Washington, DC. Designs & Signs installs many genuine gold leaf address numbers in Washington, DC and the surrounding areas. First the black outline is painted onto the interior surface of the glass. 23 karat gold leaf sheet is laid by hand, and then the gold is backed […]

GLASS GILDING – 2018

Glass Gilding – 2018

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Glass gilding by Designs & Signs. Gold leaf transom numbers designed and installed at a private residence in Washington, DC. This traditional 23 karat double gold leaf is installed by hand with a black painted outline and protective black backup paint. With proper care gold leaf numbers will last a lifetime. We have many gold leaf […]

Glass Gilding – All Souls Bar

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Step 1 – Applying the painted outline with a stencil Glass gilding, at least the way we do it now, requires the use of a stencil to apply the outline of the lettering to the interior surface of the clear glass window. There are other ways to do this but for our purposes and expediency […]

Gold Leaf Address – Washington DC – 1645

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1645 – Gold Leaf Address Numbers on an historic home in Washington DC. A classic font, double gold leaf mirror numbers with a thin black painted outline. Gold Leaf Address Numbers applied by hand. There’s no substitute for 23 karat gold leaf. We use only the best materials for all of our glass gilding projects […]

Gold leaf transom numbers

Gold Leaf Numbers Washington DC – 712

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23 karat gold leaf numbers renderred by hand on a glass transom in Washington, DC. We’ve gilded so many transoms and shop windows in Washington, DC. Give us a call or send us an email and we’ll get your glass gilding project started right away! Learn more about our Transom Window House Numbers.  Detailed information and […]

Gold Leaf Transom Numbers – 1833 Baltimore

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Gold leaf Transom Numbers for a beautiful historic home in Baltimore City. Double gold leaf with a hand-painted outline and backup paint. Some photos here to show you some details of the glass gilding process. Learn more about our Transom Window House Numbers.  Detailed information and photos of the process from start to finish! Gold leaf […]

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