单词 | filigree |
释义 | filigreen. a. ‘Jewel work of a delicate kind made with threads and beads, usually of gold and silver’ ( Encycl. Brit.). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > jewellery of specific shape or form > [noun] > bead(s) > work of threads and beads filigrane1668 filigree1693 filigrane-work1696 filigree-work1773 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > artistic work in metal > [noun] > art of filigree or filagree > filigree work kerimery1424 filigrane1668 filigree1693 filigrane-work1696 filigree-work1773 1693 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) V. 147 A Cabinet of silver Fillgrene. 1721 London Gaz. No. 6014/3 Fine chac'd Philigrew and Houshold-Plate. 1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France I. 118 Ear-rings of silver fillagree finely worked. 1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto III lxiii. 34 Gold cups of filigree. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. vi. 122 A beautiful Venetian mirror, in a frame of silver fillagree. b. The art of making this work. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > artistic work in metal > [noun] > art of filigree or filagree filigree1800 1800 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1801) 4 366 Having her daughters taught French and filagree. Compounds C1. attributive (= made of, or worked in, filigree). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > artistic work in metal > [adjective] > filigreed filigrane1677 filigree1747 filigreed1831 filigraned- 1747 H. Walpole Let. 8 June in Corr. (1974) XXXVII. 269 It is set in enamelled meadows, with filigree hedges. 1779 T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea 299 Goldsmiths, who make filligree buttons. 1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. xi. 304 Enclosed within a filigree screen of gold, lay the image of the saint. 1804 Spirit of Public Jrnls. 1803 7 44 Fillagree tea-caddies. 1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons I. ii. ii. 182 A collar or necklace of uncut jewels set in filagree gold. 1886 M. F. Sheldon tr. G. Flaubert Salammbô 4 Gold filigree baskets containing flowers. C2. filigree glass n. (see quot.). ΚΠ 1872 J. Yeats Techn. Hist. Commerce 264 Filigree glass..consisted of spirally-twisted white and coloured enamel glasses, cased in transparent glass. filigree paper n. (also filigree paper work) see quot. 1960. Also filigree-work n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > [noun] > work in specific medium bonework1557 shell-work1611 rockwork1615 feather-work1665 quillwork1688 boss-work1697 ice work1729 wafer-work1789 filigree paper1800 feather-mosaic1843 cut paper1847 plumagery1854 leather-work1856 graffito1863 cuerda seca1911 papercraft1917 barbola1927 rosemaling1933 cuenca1939 penwork1969 1800 M. Edgeworth Birthday Present in Parent's Assistant (ed. 3) II. 8 The shop where the filigree paper was to be bought. 1960 H. Hayward Connoisseur's Handbk. Antique Collecting 117/2 Filigree paper work. Throughout the 18th cent. filigree was a popular amateur ornament for small cabinets... This was achieved solely with tiny rolls of paper. Draft additions 1993 figurative. ΚΠ 1871 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 244 The filigree of wire-drawn sentiment and supersubtilized conceit. 1916 C. Aiken Jig of Forslin iii. iv. 69 For seven days my quill I dipt To wreathe slow filigrees of script. 1941 W. de la Mare Bells & Grass 87 This lovely icy filigree! 1987 Christian Sci. Monitor 8 May b10/3 Kadaif (a pastry filigree of honey, ground walnuts, and raisins). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). filigreev. transitive. To ornament with filigree work, to work in filigree. ΚΠ 1847 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 14 383 Vestiges of pre-Adamite existence found filagreed into fossils, or intaglioed on stones. Derivatives ˈfiligreed adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > artistic work in metal > [adjective] > filigreed filigrane1677 filigree1747 filigreed1831 filigraned- the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > jewellery of specific shape or form > [adjective] > beaded > ornamented with threads and beads filigreed1831 1831 E. J. Trelawny Adventures Younger Son lvi A little filagreed basket of fruit. 1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xiv. 134 A domed and filagreed white temple..burst upon us. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1693v.1831 |
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