Filigree tattoo ideas

504 photos and flash · 17% Botanical, 12% Neo-trad · Forearm most common

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Close view of a bare leg and foot in a blue skirt, with a silver filigree band on the calf and a blue and silver scrollwork design on the ankle.
Metallic temporary anklet and calf designs
Black fine line tattoo of an ornate cross with scrolling filigree on the inner wrist of a person holding a hand.
Ornate cross on a wrist
Solid black ornate cross design with looped knotwork ends and scrollwork on a white background, with no body placement shown.
Ornate black cross design
Black line drawing of a stylised wing filled with scrolls and curled swirls on a white background, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Swirled wing line design
Black line drawing of an ornate filigree heart with a fan shell, with chains, stars, anchors and small shells hanging below it, shown as a tattoo design.
Hearts, shells and anchors dangling from chains
Black ink drawing of an ornamental treble clef with a Celtic knot, scrolls and leaf details, shown on cream paper as a tattoo design.
Ornamental treble clef with Celtic knot
Black and grey ornate cross tattoo with filigree detailing centred on a person's upper back, shown in a black and white photo.
Ornate cross on upper back
Black ink drawing of a butterfly with intricate swirling lace-like wings and curling antennae, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Lace-winged butterfly design
Black and grey ornamental scrollwork tattoo with a bottle-like motif on the chest beneath the bust, shown with a black bra partly lifted by a hand.
Ornate scrollwork tattoo below the bust
Black and grey crescent moon tattoo with a stylised face, filigree swirls, stars and dotted chains on the ribs.
Crescent moon with face on ribs
Realistic forearm tattoo of a sugar skull woman with red eyes, smoke swirls and a skull below, shaded in grey with red accents.
Sugar skull woman and skull on a forearm
Woman seen from behind with a gold filigree ornament tattoo running down her spine and a smaller gold design on her forearm.
Gold ornament down the spine
Black and grey tattoo of a key and an ornate scrollwork heart on the ankle, with the key appearing to hang from a beaded chain.
Key and filigree heart on an ankle
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lion's head inside an ornate scrolled heart frame, centred on the upper back.
Lion head in an ornate heart on upper back
Black line drawing of a standing cat with its tail raised, filled with swirls and dots in a blackwork style on a cream background.
Ornamental cat design
Colour tattoo of an owl with outstretched wings decorated with swirling filigree, placed on the outer thigh, in a neo-traditional style.
Owl with patterned wings on thigh
Large black linework back tattoo of an elephant in an ornate headdress, with feathers, lotus flowers and a filigree panel, in a botanical style across the back.
Elephant and lotus back piece
Gold metallic ornamental tattoos with swirls and dark jewel accents across a hand, wrist, upper arm and shoulder.
Gold ornamental temporary tattoos on arm and hand
Black linework outline of an ornamental lotus-style design with filigree swirls, tattooed on the upper back.
Ornamental lotus outline on the upper back
Flash design sheet of ornate black filigree crosses with red roses, green leaves and grey rose centres on a white background, shown without a body placement.
Ornate crosses and roses design sheet
Black ink drawing of an ornate lace-style design with a central heart, leaves, and hanging beaded drops, shown on pale paper.
Lace heart ornament design drawing
Black and grey Neo-trad style owl tattoo with a keyhole on its chest and a heart-shaped key hanging below the perched branch, on the upper arm.
Owl with keyhole and key on a branch
Realistic tattoo of a mechanical eye with grey gears, filigree metalwork and a blue iris, placed across the upper back.
Mechanical eye with gears on the upper back
Back of a woman in a black halter top showing a large black and grey lace-style ornamental tattoo running down the spine, placed across the back.
Lace-pattern back piece down the spine
Teal line drawing of an anchor wrapped in rope and set within an ornate filigree mandala, shown as a flash design on textured beige paper.
Anchor with ornamental filigree flash design
Black line drawing of a winged heart-shaped padlock with a keyhole and swirling filigree detail, designed as a tattoo.
Winged heart padlock with keyhole
Pen drawing of an ornamental tattoo design with a lotus-like top, a central heart and paisley-style scrolls, shown on paper beside two black pens.
Ornamental lotus and heart design drawing
Pencil drawing of an ornate Latin cross with scrolled filigree arms and shaded grey detailing, shown on a pale background as a tattoo design.
Ornate filigree cross design in pencil
Black and grey ornamental dragonfly tattoo with patterned wings and swirling filigree, across the upper back.
Dragonfly with swirls across the upper back
White ink tattoo of roses and scrolling filigree across a shoulder and upper chest, worn above a dark top.
White ink roses across shoulder and chest
Black ink ornamental feather design on a white background, built from bold solid stripes, rows of dots and curling filigree, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Ornamental feather design in black
Two people show matching shaded padlock tattoos with pink heart-shaped panels, with script reading Like Mother and Like Daughter, on their upper backs.
Matching heart padlock tattoos on two shoulders
Black ornamental owl tattoo with blue eyes and white filigree detailing, perched on a branch on the outer thigh.
Ornamental owl on a thigh
Blue flash design of a swallow in flight, with white swirling filigree cut into its wings and body, in a Traditional style.
Swallow silhouette with swirl cutouts
Black line drawing of a cat face inside ornate scrollwork, with dark gemstones on the forehead and below the chin, shown as a tattoo design on cream paper.
Ornamental cat face tattoo design
Large black lace-style tattoo on a person's back, with symmetrical paisley scrollwork, flowers and filigree running down the spine.
Lace-style back tattoo with flowers
Black and grey tattoo design drawing of an eye inside an ornate triangle, with a fan shell and dotted chains below, in a dotwork and geometric style.
Eye in triangle with shell and dotted chains
Traditional-style flash drawing of a pin-up woman with red roses in her hair, a grey rat and a pearl necklace, with a teal filigree design on her neck.
Pin-up woman with roses and a rat
Sheet of dark brown infinity-loop swirl flourish designs with dotted trails on a cream background, shown as tattoo flash.
Infinity swirl flourish designs sheet
Black and grey lotus and frangipani flower tattoo with lace-like filigree and hanging chains on the upper back.
Lotus and lace ornament across upper back
Black ornamental heart drawn from curling scrollwork and filigree swirls on a white background, a flash-style tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Black swirl heart design
Black and grey biomechanical tattoo covering a woman's back, with a segmented spine, ribs and organic filigree swirls.
Biomechanical spine back tattoo
Black and grey ornate crown tattoo with filigree detailing and a small cross on top, placed on the lower abdomen beside a navel piercing.
Ornate crown on the lower abdomen
White ornamental design running from the forearm across the back of the hand, with a line of dots continuing towards the fingers.
White ornamental design on hand and wrist
Black and grey tattoo of an ornate key wrapped in ribbon banners with script lettering, shown on a forearm.
Ornate key wrapped in lettered ribbons on a forearm
Upper arm and shoulder sleeve tattoo of a shaded rose and blue butterfly over lace-like scrollwork, shown from three angles.
Rose and butterfly sleeve on upper arm
Close view of a gold and navy mandala-style temporary tattoo on the back of a hand, with a finer gold filigree design on the wrist and forearm.
Gold and navy mandala design on the hand
A grid of nine black and white ornamental heart designs with filigree scrollwork, leaves and vines, shown as tattoo flash on a plain white background.
Nine black ornamental heart designs