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filigree

[fil-i-gree] / ˈfɪl ɪˌgri /


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The first weeks of his second term, he put another piece of gold filigree above the door, and then it was between the paintings.

From Slate May 7, 2026

Inside a converted chocolate factory outside of Milan, a master goldsmith sat at a workstation, shaping a strip of metal into filigree so fine it resembled lace.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 9, 2026

Live shows are also becoming more ambitious in scale and filigree, underscoring how big concerts are becoming experiential luxury goods.

From New York Times Dec. 23, 2023

Your eye is drawn to the dazzling, filigree lace around the neck of the young woman.

From BBC Sep. 22, 2023

The dome was wide and shallow, all silver filigree and glass.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

But if the ambitious first season does not reinvent the ring, it is a breathtaking reproduction that adds a few new filigrees.

From New York Times Sep. 1, 2022

The delicate items include Lucrezia Beerli-Bieler’s intricately cut filigrees, Kate Norris’s collages of wallpaper motifs and Ashley Chiang’s quilled mandala.

From Washington Post Oct. 14, 2020

Her impassioned filigrees invited empathic responses from the choir, and found stalwart support from the event’s MC, the Rev James Cleveland.

From The Guardian Apr. 8, 2019

Balancing on his hands or torso, he frees his legs to twist into filigrees.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 13, 2017

Lichens splotch the stone; leached minerals have left filigrees of stains.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

An obvious model for the film is “Babe,” but minus the droll wit, the inspired lunacy and the filigreed plot.

From The Wall Street Journal May 7, 2026

Its silty rivers rush down from the Himalayas, spill into a filigreed maze of ponds, wetlands and tributaries before emptying into the blustery, black Bay of Bengal.

From New York Times Jun. 25, 2023

His filigreed handiwork decorates hundreds of lowriders across Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 10, 2023

After flowering, the plants set an equally abundant crop of ballooning seedpods topped with a filigreed crown.

From Seattle Times Nov. 12, 2022

Nina and Inej were tucked up against the base of the biggest dome, a filigreed skylight that overlooked the embassy’s entry rotunda.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo




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