filigree
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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
For all the political filigree, “The Regime” boils down to a love story of sorts between Elena and Herbert, and the stripped gears of their shifting power dynamic.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2024
Your eye is drawn to the dazzling, filigree lace around the neck of the young woman.
From BBC • Sep. 22, 2023
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 • Mar. 31, 2023
She slid back the fine filigree clasp and flipped open the box.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
Vocabulary lists containing filigree
Beowulf
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