fillagree

British  

/ ˈfɪləˌɡriː /

noun

1. a less common variant of filigree

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fillagree

But the thought of the fillagree box by degrees took possession of her mind and rankled there as before.

From The Fairy Godmothers and Other Tales by Gatty, Alfred, Mrs.

Their trinkets of silver fillagree are extremely neat, and their articles of tootanague are highly finished.

From Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton by Barrow, John, Sir

On the toilette beside, stood an old-fashioned mirror, in a fillagree frame, part of the dispersed finery of the neighbouring castle.

From The Bride of Lammermoor by Scott, Walter, Sir

In China, the ladies had their needlework, their paint-boxes, their trinkets of ivory, of silver in fillagree, of mother-pearl, and of tortoise-shell.

From Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton by Barrow, John, Sir

Yes! even though the fillagree box had been shown off and admired.

From The Fairy Godmothers and Other Tales by Gatty, Alfred, Mrs.