threadwork

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Catherine is wearing a Jess Collett and Alexander McQueen headpiece made of silver bullion, crystal and silver threadwork.

From BBC • May 6, 2023

But it was Naeem Khan’s final runway look — a Spanish-inspired embroidered ball gown with an embroidered veil and crown-like gold floral headpiece that was fashion week’s ne plus ultra of exquisitely intricate threadwork.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2017

Things got fancier with a white silk faille gown with champagne threadwork and gold beading - still accompanied with flat sandals.

From Washington Times • Sep. 12, 2016

Even the threadwork of exposed cables and clamps that holds the glass in place hints at the tug of forces that bind the universe together.

From Time Magazine Archive

What traits, if any, of the original threadwork of foreign story remain, it would be premature, in the present state of these collections, to decide.

From Algic Researches, Comprising Inquiries Respecting the Mental Characteristics of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 of 2 Indian Tales and Legends by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe