To apply gold bronze to furniture in paint form, coat the furniture with paint, japan, spirit varnish, or anything that will prevent suction; then coat where the bronze is wanted with gold size or quick-drying varnish. When this is nearly dry, dust on the powder with a. camel-hair brush or soft new chamois leather. As bronze is susceptible to atmospheric influences, it should be coated with a thin, even coat of varnish - clear spirit or oil varnish will do. Work thus treated will have a common brassy appearance, by no means equal to gilding. When gold leaf is too expensive, use Dutch metal, which can be purchased at from 2d. to fid. per book.