Fil Au Chinois Cotton Sewing Thread ~ Box of 12 Vintage Tones

Assortment 3 - Vintage tones - 12 cotton sewing thread spools.
Classic high quality resistant cotton thread.
It is made of three stranded Egyptian cotton which is twisted, singed and mercerized.

Thread Weight: 20 wt.

Content: otter/6104 - buff/6260 - resin/6212 - grey blue/6715 - navy blue/6764 - cast iron/6147 - poppy/6542 - warbler/6582 - tile/6440 - caramel/6354 - dark olive/6844 - verdigris/6803

Length on each spool: 100 metres.
Size of each spool: 4.8cm high, 2.5cm diametre.
Size of box: 10cm long, 7.5cm wide, 5.5cm high.

This assortment is presented in a lovely cardboard box which can be used as a presentation box. Each assortment is identifiable by a numbered label. The box is covered in a pretty green paper with Fil Au Chinois labels.

How is the thread thickness calculated? France has used metric numbering (NM) since 1942 for cotton thread: a thread measuring 1 kilometer with a constant weight of 1 kilogram is a No. 1 thread and a No. 20 is a thread measuring 1 kilometer with a constant weight of 20 kilograms.

Made in France