The shoes are low heeled pumps embroidered with silver thread and adorned with topaz.

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That night, I had my first inkling of what juniper can do, for its faintly resinous astringency shot through that luxurious pork roast like silver thread.

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" Or the officer's epaulets, circa 1820: "embroidered with gilt-metal thread in scrolling foliate designs, six-pointed silver metallic stars and gilt-brass buttons.

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