filoselle

/ (ˌfɪləʊˈsɛl) /

soft silk thread, used esp for embroidery

Word Origin for filoselle

C17: from French: silk, silkworm, from Italian filosello, perhaps from Latin folliculus little bag

filofax, filoplume, filopodium, filopressure, filose, filoselle, filosus, filovirus, fils, filt., filter

Filoselle is well adapted to couching, and may be laid double (24 threads).

Art in Needlework |Lewis F. Day
Purse silk is often used for the latter; it is more brilliant than floss silk or filoselle.

Beeton's Book of Needlework |Isabella Beeton
Couched cord or filoselle is useful in covering the raw edge of the onlay, not so much masking the joints as making them sightly.

Art in Needlework |Lewis F. Day
Take two or three threads from a strand of filoselle in your needle at once, and do not take too long a needleful.

Harper's Young People, April 5, 1881 |Various

To be worked in outline and solid embroidery, in silk or filoselle, on satin de chine.

Handbook of Embroidery |L. Higgin