FILIGREE

Updated 05-May-2020.

Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about FILIGREE!

A Filigrana: The Portuguese filigree should be kept as a tradition. The pieces tell our stories. We ourselves are submerged in history. We are here for you

Wisps of silver: The ongoing exhibition is an effort towards keeping the filigree form alive

My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: filigree (also less commonly spelled filagree, and formerly written filigrann or filigrene) is a form of intricate metalwork . it may span from delicate jewellery to cast iron the english word filigree is shortened from the earlier use of filigreen . it derives from Latin “filum” meaning thread and “granum” grain, in the sense of small bead . the craftsmen in this region continue to produce fine pieces of telkari . the strength lay rather in their cloisonné work and their molded ornaments . many examples remain of round plaited gold chains of fine wire earrings and other ornaments found in central Italy are preserved in the Louvre and in the British Museum . some earrings are in the form of flowers of geometric design, bordered by one or more rims each made up of minute the museum of the Hermitage at Saint Petersburg contains a large collection of Scythian jewellery . many bracelets and necklaces are made of twisted wire, some in as many as seven rows of plaiting . Indian filigree workers retain patterns of the ancient Greeks and work them in the same way, down to the present day . wandering workmen are given so much gold, coined or rough, which is weighed, examples of filigree decoration can be seen in the Victoria and Albert, and British Museums. small stones set amongst the curves or knots. examples include the Cross of Lothair in Aachen . admirable examples of filigree patterns laid down in wire on gold, from anglo-Saxon tombs . examples include a brooch from Dover, and the Tara brooch has been copied and imitated, and the shape and decoration of it are well known . the reliquary containing the “Bell of Saint Patrick” is covered with knotted work in many varieties a two-handled chalice found near Limerick in 1868 is ornamented with work of extraordinary fineness . filigree work in silver was practised by the Moors of Spain during the Middle filigree silver buttons of wire-work worn by peasants in most countries . silver filigree brooches and buttons also made in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden . pieces possibly belonged to merchants filigree began to be produced in Portugal in the 8th century with the arrival of Arab migrants . after the 18th century, Portuguese Filigree already had its own distinctive imagery, motifs and shapes . gold and the filigree is subdivided by narrow borders of simple pattern . the intervening spaces are made up of many patterns, some with grains set at intervals . small beads are made traditionally by using precious metal wire or filigree jewellery design, and its twisting and soldering techniques, have an application in other metal-work . wrought iron hanging wall brackets and silertoned doors are also applications . (1911). ” Cambridge University Press, 10 (11th ed.). pp. 343–344.