thread silk
Americannoun
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And Cate Blanchett's custom black silk velvet gown with thread silk chiffon details was by Maison Margiela designer John Galliano, who is trying to restart his career.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2015
Other industries include the manufacture of gold and silver thread, silk brocades, pottery, paper and shoes.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
It is of rich myrtle-green velvet, worked in gold thread, silk, and pearls, with plume-like flourishes that might well suggest the term "squirrels."
From Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Conybeare, Edward
Gold thread, silver thread, silk thread, cunningly combined to the making of its dazzling pattern.
From The Portal of Dreams by Buck, Charles Neville
Know how thread, silk and needles are numbered and what the numbers indicate.
From Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts by Bacon, Josephine Dodge Daskam
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