Talmi
Talmi (from French Tallois-demi-or ) is a false gold that was first produced by Tallois , a Parisian manufacturer. It was a copper - zinc - alloy , with gold leaf was coated. The material was used for jewelry. Talmigold is also often equated with Abyssinian gold . The term Talmi is (out of date) used colloquially for the designation of costume jewelry.
In a figurative sense, Talmi today denotes something spurious, not authentic, for example Talmi-Philosemitismus or Talmi- like . Hermann Muthesius , for example, used the term Talmi aristocratic art . In the dialectic of the Enlightenment of Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno , the expression Talmi myth of the fascists can be found ; and Max Scheler speaks of Talmikultur in his book On Shame and Shame .
literature
- Talmigold. In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon. 6th edition. Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig and Vienna 1902–1908. Vol. 19 p. 298 ( digitized from zeno.org, accessed January 4, 2016).