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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;blooey, post: 2219830, member: 12007&quot;]there is no such thing as low karat leaf - leaf is 22k or above. Even as recently as in the 1980&#039;s the cost of a book of leaf was minimal, about $10 so to do a chair like this, a professional would only use&nbsp; about 2 books, maybe 3.</p><p>Most chairs made pre ww2 were almost always done in gold leaf, very rarely in the other stuff, what we call &quot;Dutch metal&quot; (imitation leaf or schrag). </p><p>Oh and BTW if you want to remove the&nbsp; red bole, you can use hot water as it is&nbsp; a mixture of hide or rabbit-skin glue and clay and will diisolve in hot water.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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