REAL GOLD THREAD - 50 METRES.

EIGHT SHADES TO CHOOSE FROM: VERY PALE GOLD, PALE GOLD, YELLOW GOLD, MID GOLD, LEMON YELLOW,  RED GOLD OR DEEP RED GOLD.

SEW DIRECT OR COUCH AS SURFACE EMBROIDERY.

FINE PASSING THREAD TYPE.

 The one pound coin shows the scale. This is #2 thread. One metre covers approximately 2 square centimetres densely. 50 metres covers about 100 square cm or 16 square inches. The thread thickness is 0.2mm. Wound on an acid free foamboard bobbin and packed in an acid free bag

This thread was part of the stock of a business which wove cloth of gold and made and wove and embroidered elaborate gold patterned obi material (the ornate broad waist bands worn around a kimono by women). It was imported from Japan in 2009 after the closure of the workshop.

From the label: Japanese Symbols: 金糸. (English pronunciation: kinshi.  Meaning: gold thread)

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