The gilded tide crept in slowly. Recent photographs show the entire office has been gilded, including the paneled doors and the pediments above the main entrances. Critics have decried the profusion ...

The gilded tide crept in slowly. On Feb. 28, when President Donald Trump berated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office, the glitter of gold was mostly limited to some bric-a-brac ...

Gilding is thought to have been first used more than 4,000 years ago by the North African civilizations of Egypt and Mesopotamia, who adorned wood objects with gold foil so they would appear more ...