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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Materials: Light brown Java canvas; green silk; green filoselle and purse silk; green silk ribbon three-fifths of an inch wide; some wadding; 2 cork soles.
From Beeton's Book of Needlework by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)
MATERIALS..—Six skeins of bright scarlet Berlin wool; 5 shades of green ditto, 6 skeins each; 12 skeins of black, and 4 of gray; 4 skeins of white, and 4 of gray floss silk, or filoselle.
From The Ladies' Work-Book Containing Instructions In Knitting, Crochet, Point-Lace, etc. by Unknown
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 Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess
They are worked with coloured filoselle in point Russe, herring-bone stitch, coral stitch, and knotted stitch, on cloth, velvet, cashmere, or silk.
From Beeton's Book of Needlework by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)
From a reticule on the table she drew forth a small black satin apron on which was embroidered in filoselle a spray of moss-roses.
From Hilda Lessways by Bennett, Arnold
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