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1. Filigree
   Filigree is gold or silver wire that have been twisted into patterns and soldered into place. Openwork filigree is not soldered onto a sheet of metal and is difficult to make. Imitation filigree is made of stamped metal.
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2. filigree
   [n] - delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire)
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3. Filigree
   Inter weaved spirals of white,coloured and gold threads. Glass of this type first produced in Murano,Italy in the 16th century,remained popular since.
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4. filigree
   Lace-like decoration made with fine gold or silver wire. It was widely used in Europe from the late 17thC on jewellery and for openwork panels set in boxes, baskets and cups. Birmingham was a manufacturing centre in the 18th and early 19th centuries but thereafter much filigree came from Malta, India and China.
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5. Filigree
   Fil'i·gree noun [ Corrupted from filigrane .] Ornamental work, formerly with grains or breads, but now composed of fine wire and used chiefly in decorating gold and silver to which the wire is soldered, being arranged in designs frequently of a delicate and intricate arabesque pattern.
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6. Filigree
   Fil'i·gree adjective Relating to, composed of, or resembling, work in filigree; as, a filigree basket. Hence: Fanciful; unsubstantial; merely decorative. « You ask for reality, not fiction and filigree work.» J. C. Shairp.
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7. filigree
   filagree noun delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire)
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8. filigree
   verb make filigree, as with a precious metal
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9. Filigree
   • (a.) Relating to, composed of, or resembling, work in filigree; as, a filigree basket. Hence: Fanciful; unsubstantial; merely decorative. • (n.) Ornamental work, formerly with grains or breads, but now composed of fine wire and used chiefly in decorating gold and silver to which the wire...
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10. filigree
    delicate, lacelike ornamental openwork composed of intertwined wire threads of gold or silver, widely used since antiquity for jewelry. The art ... [2 related articles]
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11. filigree
    filigree 1. An ornamental work of fine wire. 2. Delicate and intricate ornamentation; usually, in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire. 3. Anything very delicate or fanciful; such as, a filigree of frost. Corrupted from filigrane, a kind of enrichment on gold and silver, wrought delicately i...
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12. Filigree
    A decorative ornamentation that is often produced with fine wires of gold or silver.
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13. Filigree
    Work composed of fine wires, coiled and assembled into open panels. Probably originating in the Orient, it became popular in Holland during the 17thC. Most English filigree-work of that time is probably the work of immigrant craftsmen.
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14. Filigree
    – a type of decoration on metalware made by use of fine wire, plain, twisted or plaited. The wire was usually of gold or silver and was used to form a delicate and intricate design. It was executed in tow styles: the wire was affixed by soldering to a metal base, this method having been used in By...
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15. filigree
    filigree (fil'igrē) , ornamental work of fine gold or silver wire, often wrought into an openwork design and joined with matching solder and borax under the flame of the blowpipe. Filigree is used as a decorative treatment for jewelry or other fine metalwork. It was made in ancient Egypt, ...
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16. Filigree
    Filigree is fine ornamental work of gold or silver wire, closely interlaced. The ancient Greeks were famous for their fine filigree work. Malta produced so much filigree work that it became known as Maltese work, though other countries (notably Norway) produced far superior examples.
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17. filigree
    Lace-like decoration made with fine gold or silver wire. It was widely used in Europe from the late 17thC on jewellery and for openwork panels set in boxes, baskets and cups. Birmingham was a manufacturing centre in the 18th and early 19th centuries but thereafter much filigree came from Malta, India and China.
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18. Filigree
    `Filigree` (formerly written filigrann or filigrene) is a delicate kind of jewellery metalwork made with twisted threads usually of gold and silver or stitching of the same curving motifs. It often suggests lace, and in recent centuries remains popular in Indian and other Asian metalwo...
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