Eytzinger Crocodile Gold Loose Leaf / Surface Leaf
Founded in 1796, Eytzinger Crocodile Gold is a leading German manufacturer of high-quality gold leaf, built on a centuries-old goldbeating tradition and known for its strength, consistency, and performance. A book of Crocodile Loose Gold Leaf—also known as Surface Gold Leaf—is carefully assembled by placing each delicate sheet of gold between interleaving pages of thin, lightly rouged paper. This traditional packaging method protects the fragile metal while allowing the gilder to lift and handle a single leaf at a time without disturbing the remaining sheets in the book.
A book of Loose Gold Leaf, also referred to as Surface Gold Leaf, is assembled by placing each piece of gold leaf between pieces of thin rouged paper. The Gilder can then remove one gold leaf at a time without distributing the remaining leaves. It is removed from the book with a gilder's tip, a flat natural-hair brush. Each booklet contains 25 leaves and comes in packs of 20 books for a total of 500 leaves. Leaves are available in different measurements and thicknesses. Loose leaf can be applied with water or oil gilding techniques and is ideal for restoration and detailed surfaces.
