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Ormolu vs Filigree - What's the difference?

ormolu | filigree |

As nouns the difference between ormolu and filigree

is that ormolu is golden or gilded brass or bronze used for decorative purposes while filigree is a delicate and intricate ornamentation made from gold or silver (or sometimes other metal) twisted wire.

As verbs the difference between ormolu and filigree

is that ormolu is to decorate with gilded ormolu articles while filigree is to decorate something with intricate ornamentation made from gold or silver twisted wire.

As an adjective ormolu

is made from golden or gilded brass or bronze.

ormolu

English

Noun

(ormolus)
  • Golden or gilded brass or bronze used for decorative purposes.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Made from golden or gilded brass or bronze.
  • *1888 , , The Reverberator .
  • *:At one of the ormolu tables, near a lamp with a pink shade, Gaston insisted on making at least a partial statement.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To decorate with gilded ormolu articles.
  • *1840 , E.A.Poe,
  • *:But I have seen apartments in the tenure of Americans—men of exceedingly moderate means yet rara aves of good taste—which, in negative merit at least, might vie with any of the or-molued cabinets of our friends across the water.

    • filigree

    English

    (wikipedia filigree)

    Alternative forms

    *filagree

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A delicate and intricate ornamentation made from gold or silver (or sometimes other metal) twisted wire.
  • A design resembling such intricate ornamentation.

    • Verb

  • To decorate something with intricate ornamentation made from gold or silver twisted wire.