filigree
Example Sentences
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They began opening up random doors to discover ornate ballrooms, marble clad hallways and wooden furniture with golden filigree.
From New York Times
The birds are of an invented species, robin-like but exotic in their azure, flecked plumage and the black filigree of their wing feathers.
From Washington Post
He sat on the floor, wedged the end of a half-finished rubab into the ball of his foot and set to work with a knife on the intricate filigree near the scroll.
From Los Angeles Times
Jones intones this lament in an unadorned alto, her words cradled by the tender filigrees of Richard Thompson’s electric guitar.
From New York Times
Neoclassical stone statues, vintage subway signs and metal filigree benches are scattered around the grounds.
From New York Times
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