. An illustrated dictionary of words used in art and archaeology. Explaining terms frequently used in works on architecture, arms, bronzes, Christian art, colour, costume, decoration, devices, emblems, heraldry, lace, personal ornaments, pottery, painting, sculpture, &c., with their derivations . Fig 311. Fig. 312. Silver Filit;ice. Reliquary, belonging to Lord , said to have been dug up in the foundations of St. Pauls, London. granarzfihtm andgrann/n, or granular net-work;so called because the Italians, who first introducedthis style of work, placed beads upon it. [Ur
. An illustrated dictionary of words used in art and archaeology. Explaining terms frequently used in works on architecture, arms, bronzes, Christian art, colour, costume, decoration, devices, emblems, heraldry, lace, personal ornaments, pottery, painting, sculpture, &c., with their derivations . Fig 311. Fig. 312. Silver Filit;ice. Reliquary, belonging to Lord , said to have been dug up in the foundations of St. Pauls, London. granarzfihtm andgrann/n, or granular net-work;so called because the Italians, who first introducedthis style of work, placed beads upon it. [Ure.]).This work is of gold or silver wire plaited andsoldered into delicate arabesques and flower pat-terns. In the 15th century the Spanish Moorsmade admirable chiselled, enamelled, andgilt work, and applied filigree work on the sur-face, a system kept up at Salamanca and Cor-dova to the present day. The Eastern nationshave always been famous for filigree work. File, Her. A label (from the Latin filum,a narrow riblion). Filfot, called also the Gammadion. (SeeFylfot.) Filigree Glass. (See Glass. ) Fillet, Her. A diminutive of a chief. Fillets, Gen. Strips of linen employed for 140 WORDS USED IN
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