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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Material: Coloured ingrain marking cotton, or black sewing silk, or filoselle.
From Beeton's Book of Needlework by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)
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 Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)
Materials: French cambric, fine China black sewing-silk, or filoselle.
From Beeton's Book of Needlework by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)
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 Buckle, Mary
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 Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)
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