thread silk
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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
It was used by the dyers of the Cité as a way down to the river to wash their thread, silk, and materials.
From The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories by Balzac, Honor? de
Others made a small opening in their skin, and drew out of it yards of thread, silk cord, and narrow ribbons.
From A Woman's Journey Round the World by Pfeiffer, Ida
The "Camille" is made of beautiful thread silk richly hand embroidered.
From How to Write Letters (Formerly The Book of Letters) A Complete Guide to Correct Business and Personal Correspondence by Crowther, Mary Owens
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
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