How to Gild Wood – Furniture Design and Construction

Learn how to gild wood in this video, and explore other furniture-making techniques in this series of videos: http://bit.ly/14ZHIxx.

The MFA collection includes nearly 500 pieces of furniture made in Massachusetts; examples are displayed in 27 out of 53 galleries (including nine period rooms) in the critically acclaimed Art of the Americas Wing. Learn more about the MFA here: http://bit.ly/IhzgOI.

These videos were released as part of a year-long celebration of Massachusetts furniture making. Learn more about the MFA’s partnership with Four Centuries of Massachusetts Furniture here: http://bit.ly/15zqVYx.

Filmed at the North Bennet Street School in Boston, MA.