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Definition of Fillagree
1. Noun. Delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire).
Definition of Fillagree
1. [v -GREED, -GREEING, -GREES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fillagree
Literary usage of Fillagree
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1851)
"... fillagree WORK; a kind of ornamental work in gold or silver, wrought delicately,
in the manner of little threads or grains, or of both intermixed. ..."
2. The Stowe Catalogue, Priced and Annotated: Priced and Annotated by Henry Rumsey Forster (1848)
"Russell 11 10 0 485 A windmill, of silver fillagree ; a needle-case ; taper-stand
... Hennell 5 15 0 491 A silver fillagree case for scissors; a needle-case ..."
3. The Stowe Catalogue, Priced and Annotated by Henry Rumsey Forster (1848)
"Russell 11 10 0 485 A windmill, of silver fillagree ; a needle-case ... Hennell 5
15 0 491 A silver fillagree case for scissors ; a needle-case ; and a ..."
4. The Works of John Moore, M. D.: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings by John Moore (1820)
"Edward threw down the money, snatched up the cock, and declared he would not
suffer him to be thrown at. fillagree said, ' the cock was the man's property; ..."
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