Filigree & Shadow is the second album released by 4AD collective This Mortal Coil, an umbrella title for a loose grouping of guest musicians and vocalists brought together by label boss Ivo Watts-Russell.

The supergroup consists primarily of artists attached to the 4AD label, of which Watts-Russell was the co-founder and (at the time) the owner and director.

This was the first double-LP released on 4AD, and introduced the "DAD" (for double album) prefix into the label's catalogue.

[5] Watts-Russell took careful consideration in shaping the album's four sides so they flowed together as individual wholes.

A remastered and repackaged CD edition of Filigree & Shadow was issued with the complete This Mortal Coil recordings in a self-titled box set, released in late November 2011.