filigree-workn.
/ˈfɪlᵻɡriːˌwəːk/, U.S. /ˈfɪləˌɡriˌwərk/ 1. Work in filigree.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > jewellery of specific shape or form > [noun] > bead(s) > work of threads and beads
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > artistic work in metal > [noun] > art of filigree or filagree > filigree work
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1773 Gentleman's Mag. 43 433 A thick board cut through like filligree-work.
1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold I. i. i. 28 An uncut jewel, set in Byzantine filagree work.
2. transferred. Stone-work resembling filigree.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > tracery
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1790 T. Pennant Of London (1813) 94 Quatre-foils of philligree-work.
1857 H. Miller Testimony of Rocks i. 38 Columns of an elder Alhambra, roughened with..exquisite filagree work.
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