Definition of "filoselle" []

• A soft silk embroidery thread (noun)

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• "Floss silk is generally used for other stitches because it covers the thread of the canvas better than purse silk; it is, however, often replaced by filoselle, which is a much cheaper material."
• "-- 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."
• "All this applied to velvet with a couching of brown filoselle, and the tendrils added."