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fillagree

British

/ ˈfɪləˌɡriː /

noun

a less common variant of filigree

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The fillagree box was a fort of night-mare to her.

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

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

She too had a Governess, and many lessons to learn and much to do, and she did them; but neither English history nor French fairy tales could quite drive away the fillagree box.

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

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

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

They are also decorated with fillagree work, and tinsel of various colours.

From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

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