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filigree
[ fil-i-gree ]
noun
- delicate ornamental work of fine silver, gold, or other metal wires, especially lacy jewelers' work of scrolls and arabesques.
- anything very delicate or fanciful:
a filigree of frost.
adjective
- composed of or resembling filigree.
verb (used with object)
- to adorn with or form into filigree.
filigree
/ ˈfɪlɪˌɡriː /
noun
- delicate ornamental work of twisted gold, silver, or other wire
- any fanciful delicate ornamentation
adjective
- made of or as if with filigree
verb
- tr to decorate with or as if with filigree
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Derived Forms
- ˈfiliˌgreed, adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of filigree1
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Example Sentences
For instance, in Mompox, someone mentioned this 89-year-old silver filigree jeweler.
First a thin film of black carbon is produced round the metal, then the latter appears in the form of a filigree of silver.
Fig. 188 represents another specimen of Etruscan gold filigree work with a circle and Swastika.
It is ornamented on the outside with the fine gold filigree work peculiar to the best Etruscan art.
Byzantine filigree work occasionally has small stones set amongst the curves or knots.
But, with the exception of chains, it cannot be said that filigree work was much practised by them.
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