filoselle
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of filoselle
C17: from French: silk, silkworm, from Italian filosello , perhaps from Latin folliculus little bag
Example Sentences
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These stitches carefully follow every line of the design, and are worked in black China sewing-silk or filoselle.
From Beeton's Book of Needlework by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton
They will only bear light embroidering in silk or filoselle.
From Handbook of Embroidery by Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess Alford
The broad band is worked in rows of double filoselle, of various shades, sewn down with single filoselle.
From Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery by Mary Buckle
Couching outlines are usually thick strands of double crewel, tapestry wool, filoselle, cord, or narrow ribbon laid down and stitched at regular intervals by threads crossing the couching line at right angles.
From Handbook of Embroidery by Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess Alford
For mourning wear, this pattern should be embroidered with black filoselle, or the leaves can be worked in white cotton, and the dots in filoselle.
From Beeton's Book of Needlework by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton
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