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Golden ceiling: restoration at Memorial Church

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Peeling a stencil off ceiling

Painter David Connor puts finishing touches to a stencil on the church ceiling. The gold-colored border is in fact made of 24K gold leaf, which is applied in paper-thin strips just thousandths on an inch thick. The exquisite and delicate gold leaf is manufactured in Italy.
Painter David
Connor peels a stencil off a completed section of the ceiling.

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