FILIGREE
Filigree is a type of delicate decorative openwork usually using thin, twisted silver and gold thread. This ancestral technique, known as far back as the powerful Greek and Roman civilizations, was brought to Portugal and Spain by Mediterranean people who migrated to the Western territories.

A pair of earrings found at Citânia de Briteiros is the earliest example of filigree work in Portugal. This area is an Iron Age settlement located near Braga in northern Portugal. This same region is also home to other pieces of that era. The interesting thing about these pieces of jewelry is that they were found in an area that still has an active goldsmith industry today, or more precisely an industry dedicated exclusively to the production of filigree pieces.

Today, the production of filigree is aimed not only at the domestic buyer but also the professional and tourism markets around the world, where the demand for this kind of jewelry is always increasing.