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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 5580563, member: 2844&quot;]It is ajour, and I&#039;m with the others, it looks Czech.</p><p>The ajour (open work) has been punched, the details are not hand made like in filigree or cannetille.</p><p><br /></p><p>The word cannetille is French, but it is derived from the Spanish cañutillo (said to be of Arabic origin), a small tube.</p><p>Cannetille is a sub-type of filigree, and the term is used for more raised circular elements that together make up a design.</p><p>There is no relation between cannetille and delicate floral Chantilly lace.</p><p><br /></p><p>An example of cannetille, raised designs made by wire tubes (cañutillos), each tube is bent around a granule to create a round element:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]416291[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>There are three of those elements on every arm of the cross, one dangling just below the cross, and one at the very bottom. Those are the actual cannetilles.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Dutch nickname for those cannetille elements is &#039;spinnetjes&#039;, which means &#039;little spiders&#039;. They are used a lot in Dutch jewellery. A lot!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie56" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>So if you see handmade wire work that looks like a tiny spider (with a lot of legs), you&#039;re looking at cannetille.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>So tiny spiders = cannetille.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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