filigree
Example Sentences
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If, as the New York Times’ Amanda Hess argues, we live in the “golden age of celebrity branding,” liquor is the filigree on its balustrades, the inlay on its armoires, the leaf on its chandeliers.
From Los Angeles Times
The Shang piece is surprisingly realistic but also elegantly decorative, covered in complex filigree.
From Washington Post
These garments, with elaborate filigree around the holes for Khan’s head, are exemplary of the Maria & Alberto de la Cruz Gallery show.
From Washington Post
They began opening up random doors to discover ornate ballrooms, marble clad hallways and wooden furniture with golden filigree.
From New York Times
It was a visceral alternative in an era when major labels were investing in ostentatious filigrees like gated reverb and prohibitively expensive synthesizers.
From New York Times
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