filigree Definition

filigree
filagree
noun filigrees, filagrees (plural only in sense 2)

1. Delicate work in gold or silver wire, twisted into convoluted forms and soldered together, used in jewellery, etc.
2. Any delicate ornamentation.

Example: a pastry filigree
Thesaurus: scrollwork, latticework, lacework, interlace, fretwork, wirework.

adj

1. Made of, or as if with, filigree.

Etymology: 17c: from French filigrane, from Latin filum thread + granum grain.