Filigree tattoo ideas

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

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Realistic mechanical eye tattoo with a blue iris, brass-style gears, screws and filigree detail, placed on the upper back.
Mechanical eye with gears on the back
Fine line hamsa hand tattoo with filigree scrollwork and a central eye, sitting on the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Hamsa hand on upper back
Black fine line mandala and paisley tattoo covering the shoulder, upper arm and upper back, shown from two angles.
Mandala and paisley sleeve across shoulder and back
Black and grey tattoo of a ribcage and laced spine with filigree scrollwork across the upper and lower back of a person facing away from the camera.
Laced spine and ribs across the back
Back of a person showing a black ink lace-like scrollwork tattoo with flowers and leaves across the shoulder blade.
Black lace scrollwork across a shoulder blade
Black filigree butterfly tattoo with a blue and pink ribbon at its centre, on a person's upper back below the shoulder blade.
Filigree butterfly with ribbon on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo across a man's upper back showing the word Amendment in flowing script, two engraved handguns and a quotation beneath, viewed from behind.
Amendment lettering and two handguns on back
Black ink tattoo of an ornate cross with scrolled filigree details, placed centrally on the upper back.
Ornate cross on upper back
Black ink hamsa hand with ornate lace-like patterns running down the centre of a woman's back, seen from behind.
Hamsa and lace design along the spine
Black fine line tattoo of a triangle, circle and vertical line with ornate swirls, above the script word Always, on the upper back.
Triangle and circle symbol with script word on back
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a heart-shaped padlock with skull-headed keys and ribbons, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Heart padlock and skull keys on a back
Black ink tattoo of a mouse head outline filled with filigree swirls and small hearts, placed on a person's upper back.
Mouse head outline with swirls and hearts on back
Black and white photo of a large black and grey skull tattoo covering a person's back, with a dotwork star on the upper back and a portrait on the arm.
Skull and star back tattoo in black and grey
Black and grey ornate teapot tattoo with floral scrollwork pouring a stream of bleeding hearts into a teacup on the upper back.
Ornate teapot pouring bleeding hearts onto a shoulder blade
Full back tattoo of an ornate colourful skull surrounded by clouds, beads and red peony flowers, in a neo-traditional style on a bare back.
Ornate colourful skull full back piece
Black and grey ornate cross tattoo with filigree detailing centred on the upper back of a woman with her hair in a bun.
Ornate cross on upper back
Black and grey ornamental skull face tattoo covering a person's full back, with rows of small skulls above and filigree scrollwork around the eyes.
Ornamental skull face across a full back
Black ornamental scrollwork tattoo covering the back of the neck and upper back, photographed from behind on a person with dark hair worn up.
Ornamental scrollwork tattoo on neck and upper back
Black and grey ornate cross tattoo centred between the shoulder blades of a woman with her hair in a bun, photographed from behind.
Ornate cross on upper back
Colourful butterfly wings tattoo spanning the upper back, with black outlines, stained glass style panels and filigree tendrils.
Stained glass butterfly wings across back
Black and grey shaded tattoo of an ornate heart-shaped lock with three old-style keys, on skin that appears to be the upper back.
Heart lock and three keys tattoo
Gold and silver metallic temporary tattoo designs of mandalas, paisley and lace bands, shown on a bare back and a forearm and on a flash sheet.
Metallic gold henna-style temporary tattoos
Small tribal-style butterfly tattoo with dark navy scrollwork outlines and purple shading on the lower back.
Filigree butterfly tattoo on lower back
Close view of a pale, white-ink style scrolling filigree tattoo across a bare shoulder, upper back and upper arm.
Pale swirling filigree on shoulder and arm
Black and grey triple moon tattoo with a tree of life in the centre, shown on the upper back with a filigree design above a flash drawing of the same motif.
Triple moon with tree of life across the upper back
Black and grey back tattoo in a Japanese style, with a central lotus flower, a moth, a serpent and swirling clouds across the full back.
Full back piece with lotus and moth
Blue ornamental cannabis leaf tattoo with filigree patterns across the upper back.
Ornamental cannabis leaf on upper back
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
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 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
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
Black linework outline of an ornamental lotus-style design with filigree swirls, tattooed on the upper back.
Ornamental lotus outline on the upper back
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
Black and grey ornamental dragonfly tattoo with patterned wings and swirling filigree, across the upper back.
Dragonfly with swirls across the upper back
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
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 lotus and frangipani flower tattoo with lace-like filigree and hanging chains on the upper back.
Lotus and lace ornament across upper back
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 realism tattoo of a skull in an ornate oval frame with a death's head moth and beaded chain below, on a woman's upper back.
Skull in ornate frame with moth on back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a lace-style keyhole heart with leaves and teardrops across a person's upper back.
Lace heart keyhole design on upper back
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of two ornate, scrolling fish curving down the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Ornamental fish tattoo on upper back
Black ink lace-style ornamental tattoo covering a woman's back, running from the neck down the spine.
Black lace-style ornamental tattoo on a back
Black ink crescent moon tattoo with ornamental patterned linework and scrollwork on a person's upper back, shown from behind.
Ornate crescent moon on upper back
Neo-traditional style tattoo of a red rose framed by black and grey lace-like scrollwork across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Red rose on lace-style shoulder and back piece
Metallic silver and gold ornamental design with a heart motif across the upper back of a woman in a pale grey open-back top.
Metallic ornamental design on upper back
Black and grey realism winged heart tattoo with a script letter H and a filigree swirl heart on the upper back.
Winged heart with script initial on upper back
Black and grey tattoo of a shaded skull framed by paisley filigree across the upper back and shoulder blade, shown in a close-up and a detail panel.
Skull and paisley on a shoulder blade