Delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire)

Usage examples of filagree.

His gift to Kaliathe duplo jewelry Magically transformed into a ruby-studded gold filagree necklacewas worthy of a princess.

Windows rose in layers, dripping filagree crowns and gingerbread balconies, peeking out from dormers, or under gables.

The artisans make also gold, silver, copper, tin and filagree vessels set with pearls .

Down the long corridor lamps and filagreed incense pots pendent from the ceil- ing alternated, diffusing a mild light and spicy smell.

Close by, the mud spring was transformed into a graceful spire of filagreed arches.

I climbed out of it and laid it across a filagreed bench that had been built back when sitting down was something you planned first.

Ornate furniture and mirrors, Greco­Romanesque filagrees and scrolls, atriums and courtyards, arabesque columns and friezework pediments.