Gold leaf and bronze colors - Leopold Erlenbach

Leopold Erlenbach was born in Fürth on November 13, 1831. His parents were Seligmann Ellern-Erlenbach and Marianne Ellern-Erlenbach,née Baburger. Leopold Erlenbach learned gold beating, became a master gold beater and founded his own company in 1854. In 1928, the Leopold Erlenbach company was granted a patent for the production of especially durable gold leaf made of a platinum-gold alloy. In 1927, Ella Erlenbach was the owner of the Leopold Erlenbach company. However, she was also a partner in the Schienerer gold leaf factory, which supplied her with raw gold and sold the gold leaf back abroad, mainly to England.