filigree

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

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

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2023

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 ● Apr. 12, 2023

The branches of trees, the filigree of roots, the matrix of crystals, the streets her father re-created in his models.

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

Erhard Rom’s sets, too, strike a fine balance between caricatured opulence and comic minimalism — he projects elegant filigrees to fill parlor walls, streaks of marble to conjure a garden.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 13, 2022

Country filigrees are sometimes heard, but the music is mostly pop, with touches of soul and a bit of tango, plus a whole lot of disco.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2019

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

In another sketch, to Elliott Smith’s “Waltz #2,” Peck filigrees the languorous singing with zestful tap releases.

From New York Times ● May 10, 2018

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

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

Vieux Farka Touré has inherited his father's expressive, filigreed guitar phrasing; while Khruangbin are known for fusing elements of soul and blues with a globe-trotting blend of dub, Thai funk, cumbia and flamenco.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2022

They’re beautiful: a filigreed pattern, like those Persian designs on mosques, supporting sapphire stones.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali