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1. Plural form of gilder.
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2. Welshman is Jan Vanwelt, and the gilders were the cattle he has sent in, as a part-payment beforehand of my guerdon. "
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3. He was probably chosen not by Du Barry but by the architect, Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, as just one of the bevy of highly skilled craftsmen wood sculptors, bronze casters, gilders needed to realize the luxurious interiors.
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4. By nature, fancypants chefs are obsessive, compulsive tinkerers and lily-gilders.