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. ”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
Now I understand better the title of Natasha Pulley’s fine book, “The Watchmaker of Filigree Street”. 🙂 Annarita, Rome.