chicagold is the last sign company in chicago, il that specializes in traditional gold leaf lettering. owner robert frese has dedicated himself to mastering the arts of gilding and sign design.

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• • Chicagold Sign Company
  • Chicago Sign Company
  • Traditional Gold Leaf Lettering
• • Chicago
  • Il
  • Robert Frese

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Chicagold Sign Company: Specializing in Gold Leaf Signage

Profile: Bruce Buckley SignCraft Magazine September/October 2007 ...filled with a dazzling array of gold leaf pieces... click to read more Gilder's Craftsmanship Shining Like Gold Chicago Tribune May 18, 2003 The famous headless Nike of Samothrace has gone golden... click to read more Labor of Love by Nina Neilson Sign Business May 2002 The Golden Age of Gilding is alive and well in Elmwood Park, ...

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Chicagold Sign Company: Specializing in Gold Leaf Signage

Robert Frese began the study of traditional signmaking in his hometown of Long Beach, California. He was an apprentice for six years at Hardy Sign Co., beginning in 1976. During that time he learned sign painting and fabrication. After his apprenticeship, Robert spent the next two years working for Creative Signs in Orange County, California, that specialized in real estate development signage. At...

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Chicagold Sign Company: Gold Leaf Signage Reverse Glass Signs

For over a half century in Chicago, from the 1880's through the 1940's, Rawson & Evans, P.Pause & Co. and Western Sandblast manufactured the most elaborate and beautiful ornamental glass signage ever made. Their stunning combination of glue chipping and acid etching, gilding and silvering have made these signs valuable collectors items. Now considered a lost art, Chicagold employs these sa...

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Chicagold Sign Company: Specializing in Gold Leaf Signage

Gold leaf lettering has been a Chicago tradition since the 1860s. Nothing else communicates the timeless beauty, elegance, and quality of gold leaf. Gold changes subtly, constantly, catching light from different angles as it attracts the passersby. Gold's brilliance and reflective quality give all signage an unequaled distinction. Chicagold is the only sign company in Chicago that specializes in h...

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