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. ”
Tripartite (adj) triy-part-iyt Divided into or consisting of three parts. Agreed by three parties. 1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin tripartītus divided into three parts, equivalent to tri- tri- +…
Now I understand better the title of Natasha Pulley’s fine book, “The Watchmaker of Filigree Street”. 🙂 Annarita, Rome.