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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mirana, post: 9566969, member: 79705&quot;]Filigree appears to be an acceptable colloquialism here, at least when searching for items of similar type. </p><p><br /></p><p>If someone is wanting to find more Art Deco of similar style and creation then à jour doesn&#039;t seem to find anything that isn&#039;t enameled, but filigree brings up all of it. Bay results for à jour are for enameled plique-à-jour, ajour has zero, adjoure has 4 modern results, filigree has thousands. Openwork is used, but at much less frequency with 43 of art deco listings.</p><p><br /></p><p>Even Lang Antiques, running their jewelry resource site, only lists and describes these art Deco pieces under filigree and lists à jour as plique-à-jour only. They also say the term à-jour is only for describing <a href="https://www.langantiques.com/university/a-jour/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.langantiques.com/university/a-jour/" rel="nofollow">work with open backs.</a></p><p><br /></p><p>You wanted to be specific about the word used, so I did my due diligence to look up a word in a context I had not seen it. If filigree is specific to thread and grain must be used, then is à jour also specific to cutting must be used? Is there a different term when it is cast with no such work to the finished form? If terms can also be used when the piece is cast, then why à jour when Art Deco pieces use milgrain mimicking granulation?</p><p><br /></p><p>I suspect (American English) language has done what it wants as usual and run off with filigree to use it as it wishes in 2023. A useful word for finding Art Deco of this style, or in describing these works to other &quot;lay people&quot; lol. But if you&#039;re speaking to a jeweler or a curator, openwork is perhaps what you should say. Although even the jeweler&#039;s sites can&#039;t agree <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />... Which is why I try to stick to expert&#039;s books or museums for deep research.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry to remind of the horror that Americans, as usual, just steal words and do as they please with them. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I am always happy to learn more and have been reading nothing but a plethora of research books for several months now so you know I&#039;m good for the ongoing study![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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