Skip to main content
Collections Menu
SAM'S collection
Filigree box
Filigree box

Filigree box

Label TextFiligree is ornamental metalwork made with tiny beads and twisted threads, usually of gold and silver, which are soldered together in artistic motifs and applied to objects.
Object number33.1764
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Going For Gold, November 3, 2012 - December 8, 2013 Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, "Chinese Art: A Seattle Perspective", December 22, 2007 - July 26, 2009 (12/22/2007 - 7/26/2009)
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions4 1/2 x 4 1/8 x 4 1/8 (11.7 x 10.5 x 10.5cm)
MediumGold, silver, enamel
Circular box
Tibetan
ca. 1801-1900
Object number: 65.100
Covered box
1736-1795
Object number: 67.128
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Iranian
12th century
Object number: 61.24.1
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Iranian
12th century
Object number: 61.24.2
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Indian
early 17th century
Object number: 44.65
Inro, Ojime and Netsuke
Japanese
mid 18th century
Object number: 55.52
first half 19th century
Object number: 91.83.1
first half 19th century
Object number: 91.83.2