Vintage Silk Embroidery Thread Collection – Banker’s Grey Set – Neutral Grey Gradient Shades – 12 Spools – 100% Silk – 10 m Each – Original Card Spools – Made in Italy by Cucirini Bozzolo Reale Tre Stelle
This vintage Banker’s Grey Set includes 12 silk embroidery spools in a refined monochromatic palette of greys, inspired by classic tailoring tones, archival textiles, and the understated elegance of traditional haberdashery colours. The shades transition from deep charcoal grey through mid-tones to soft light greys, including a warm light grey that avoids cold undertones, creating a balanced and sophisticated gradient. Each colour is represented by 2 matching spools, forming a cohesive set ideal for monochrome embroidery, shading studies, fine detailing, and elegant textile work.
All spools are preserved on their original cardboard reels with original labels and remain in good vintage, unused condition. The silk thread retains its natural sheen, smooth texture, and refined appearance, making it particularly suitable for precise embroidery and decorative sewing.
The set contains 2 spools of each colour, offering a carefully coordinated range of 6 grey tones that work beautifully for shading, tonal transitions, highlights, and detailed embroidery designs. The exact shades included in the lot are visible in the photographs.
Each spool contains approximately 10 meters of silk embroidery thread wound on the original cardboard reels typical of vintage Italian haberdashery supplies.
Some spools may belong to earlier production batches bearing the “Bozzolo Reale” label only, prior to the later “Cucirini Tre Stelle – Bozzolo Reale” branding. These examples add further interest for collectors of vintage Italian sewing materials.
The natural properties of silk provide exceptional stitch definition, a soft lustre, and a smooth finish highly appreciated in both decorative and fine embroidery work.
These spools come from vintage haberdashery stock and remain unused. Due to their age, some original cardboard labels or reels may show minor wear, small cracks, or breaks, which are typical characteristics of vintage thread spools. Labels may vary slightly from those shown in the photographs due to different vintage production batches. The silk thread itself remains in good and usable condition.
Details:
- Color: Banker’s Grey Set
- Quantity: 12 spools
- Distribution: 2 spools × 6 colours
- Length: 10 meters per spool
- Composition: 100% pure silk
- Thickness: Size No. 24
- Thread Type: Silk embroidery thread
- Name: Bozzolo Reale Tre Stelle
- Type: Solid / Single-color
- Ideal for: Hand embroidery, decorative stitching, patchwork, quilting, fine sewing, and textile restoration
- Condition: Vintage, unused, with original label
- Origin: Made in Italy
