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Gold filigree intricate work from Portugal Albanian silver jewellery from 19th and 20th century Sterling dish, filigree work Citrine cannetille-work brooch. Filigree (also less commonly spelled filagree, and formerly written filigrann or filigrene) [citation needed] is a form of intricate metalwork used in jewellery and other small forms of metalwork.
The filigree jewelry is particularly rich in patterns. In Odisha, the stress is on arm jewellery, necklaces, toe rings and especially anklets, which are a great favorite. They are considered auspicious as well. Intricate anklets, combining use of semi-precious stones are greatly preferred. The Bela-Kanta, a traditional ornament
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Name Image Year No. Description Indonesian Kris: 2008 00112: The kris or is a Javanese asymmetrical dagger with a distinctive blade-patterning achieved through alternating laminations of iron and nickelous iron.
Jewellery (or jewelry in American English) consists of decorative items worn for personal adornment such as brooches, rings, necklaces, earrings, pendants, bracelets, and cufflinks. Jewellery may be attached to the body or the clothes. From a western perspective, the term is restricted to durable ornaments, excluding flowers for example.
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Generally, dark navy blue chrysocolla is too soft to be used in jewelry, while cyan, green, and blue-green chrysocolla can have a hardness approaching 6, similar to turquoise. Chrysocolla chalcedony is a heavily silicified form of chrysocolla that forms in quartz deposits and can be very hard and approach a hardness of 7.
Later Viking jewelry also starts to exhibit simplistic geometric patterns. [27] The most intricate Viking work recovered is a set of two bands from the 6th century in Alleberg, Sweden. [26] Barbarian jewelry was very similar to that of the Vikings, having many of the same themes. Geometric and abstract patterns were present in much of barbarian ...