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Filigree

Metalwork or metal decoration done entirely of fine wire, typically to ornament gold and silver or as openwork made of wire.

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Wearable art in Byzantium

Works of Art

Cross of Lothair II

c. 1000

Dagger and gold scabbard from Gyerim-ro Tomb 14, Gyeongju

6th century

Saint Patrick’s Bell and Shrine

bell: 6th–9th century C.E., shrine: c. 1100 C.E.

The Ardagh Chalice

c. 8th century

Gold pendant with inset enamel decoration

11th century

The Regolini-Galassi tomb and the Parade Fibula

c. 675–650 B.C.E.

Sutton Hoo Ship Burial

early 7th century