Filigree (Also Filagree) (noun)
fil-a-gri
Ornamental work of fine (typically gold or silver) wire formed into delicate tracery.
Late 17th century (earlier as filigreen, filigrane): from French filigrane, from Italian filigrana (from Latin filum ‘thread’ + granum ‘seed’).
Example sentences
“Much of the leaf ha rotted away, leaving a fine silver filigree. ”
Meraki (Μεράκι) (Greek) (noun) me-rah-kee To do something with soul, creativity, and love. When someone cooks with meraki, builds with meraki, writes with meraki, they’ve poured themselves into it. Derived…
Now I understand better the title of Natasha Pulley’s fine book, “The Watchmaker of Filigree Street”. 🙂 Annarita, Rome.