Word of the day: filigree

The word of the day is filigree:

Abbreviated < filigreen: see filigrane n.

a. ‘Jewel work of a delicate kind made with threads and beads, usually of gold and silver’ ( Encycl. Brit.). 

b. The art of making this work. (OED)

"She had a great busby of frosted hair and a pair of filigreed glasses that, in the dim light of the bar, made it hard to get a good look at her eyes."

 - Nick Paumgarten,  "The Musical Life: Lu in the afternoon", 4 April 2011 The New Yorker