Talk:Filigree

In Tattoo Art
seems that the term Filigree is being used by tattoo artists to describe decorative embellishments. The term is used multiple times on Miami Ink. This usage should be included in the article. Xsxex 13:37, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Overall Tone
Large portions of this article seem to have been taken from a nineteenth-century work and consequently have very florid text such as the section on Granulated Work. Someone ought to rewrite it in a more contemporary encyclopedic style. 70.183.119.202 (talk) 18:11, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

this article needs Pictures
Pictures would really be informative, and would also break up the large blocks of text. I don't have any good examples, but if someone has some... Sifaka  talk  06:30, 12 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Dear Sifaka, upon your request, I’ve uploaded two photos out of my silver collection.


 * Bloger 23:30, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Improved pictures
Kudos to all who have made/uploaded/found photos for this article. Still, I think they could be better. Given the high level of very fine detail involved, sharper photos would be beneficial. High resolution macro-photography with good lighting and a strong depth of focus would really help to really show how the small wires are joined to form a completed work. This would be an excellent subject for creating a Featured Image. -Verdatum (talk) 17:46, 24 July 2009 (UTC) What's with the "swirly shit" ? I saw this when I happened to look at the article when the word "filigree" occured to me in the context of the Mandelbrot set. When I reviewed the history. This change was introduced on Feb 11 2014, so what's going on there? The etymology that had been given previously accords quite well with Webster's dictionary and other sources.L mammel (talk) 05:45, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

Money
I believe that Filigree also refers to the ornate designs found on currency, and it would be good to add a section outlining this, with photos. If, on the other hand, I am wrong about this usage, then the entry at Hryvnia sign needs to be edited to remove the incorrect use of the term. Thanks much! Jdevola (talk) 13:22, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Proposal to make this article specifically about metalwork
The start of the article refers to filigree as used in architectural features (railings and balustrades†) but the bulk of the article is exclusively about filigree as it applies to jewellery. Similarly, other users have asked for the article to include reference to filigree as used in other fields (viz. tattoo art and numismatics).

I propose that we make this article explicitly about filigree as it applies to jewellery and fine metalwork by making the following changes:


 * Change the title to "Filigree (metalwork)"
 * Remove the reference to railings and balustrades

In future if articles are written about the term as it applies in other fields then a page can be created that includes a high-level description of the style and a list of these pages.

I'll begin making these changes in my userspace and if there are no objections I'll apply them to this article.

†These are made of metal but as I understand it the term in this context is used as an architectural description (as in this paper). I can't find any reference to the term filigree being applied to the form of wrought or cast iron construction itself (rather the term 'scrollwork' is used) although I'm open to correction.

--BirdmanOfHorseradish (talk) 12:32, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm afraid I'm opposed to this for a number of reasons:
 * Firstly a disamed title is a certain way to get views to fall off a cliff.
 * Secondly a disamed title is only allowed where there are other articles, with different senses of the term. But we don't have Filgree (tatoo) etc - the nearest we have is the improbable Filigree concrete.
 * Half the time "railings and balustrades" in wrought or cast iron are also "metalwork", but not all of the uses you mean are strictly in "jewellery", but eg religious metalwork.

I think the way to proceed is to make it clear at the start that "filigree" is strictly a technique in small metalwork, which is often also used metaphorically to describe many other things. These can go in a sin-bin "Other" section at the bottom, fairly strictly policed. Johnbod (talk) 14:50, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
 * I've had a go at this. Johnbod (talk) 15:06, 31 August 2020 (UTC)


 * This makes sense. I'll work off the basis of the format you suggest. BirdmanOfHorseradish (talk) 09:42, 1 September 2020 (UTC)