different between filigree vs cloisonne

English

Alternative forms

• filagree
• fillagree, filligree (archaic)

Etymology

From French filigrane, from Italian filigrana, from Latin f?lum (“thread”) + gr?num (“grain”)

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?f?l.?.??i?/

Noun

filigree (countable and uncountable, plural filigrees)

1. A delicate and intricate ornamentation made from gold or silver (or sometimes other metal) twisted wire.
   • 1844, Robert Browning, "The Labratory":

     To carry pure death in an earring, a casket,

     A signet, a fan-mount, a filigree basket!

2. A design resembling such intricate ornamentation.
   • 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 1:

     But why speak about her? It is probable that we shall not hear of her again from this moment to the end of time, and that when the great filigree iron gates are once closed on her, she and her awful sister will never issue therefrom into this little world of history.

Translations

Verb

filigree (third-person singular simple present filigrees, present participle filigreeing, simple past and past participle filigreed)

1. (transitive) To decorate something with intricate ornamentation made from gold or silver twisted wire.

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• cloisonné

Etymology

From French cloisonné.

Noun

cloisonne (countable and uncountable, plural cloisonnes)

1. (metalwork, uncountable) A decorative technique for metalwork, especially brass, whereby colored enamel is baked between raised ridges of the metal.

   Cloisonne is sometimes seen as a cheaper alternative to jewelled encrustation or filigree.

   Zoë wore a pair of cloisonne earrings she had bought in France.

2. (metalwork) Objects decorated by this technique collectively.

   The museum had a fine collection of medieval Italian cloisonne.

Translations

Anagrams

• close in on

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: cloisonnent, cloisonnes

Verb

cloisonne

1. first-person singular present indicative of cloisonner
2. third-person singular present indicative of cloisonner
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of cloisonner
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of cloisonner
5. second-person singular imperative of cloisonner