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Bullion stitch is a decorative technique that is worked by twisting a thread around a sewing needle several times before inserting the needle into the cloth. Short bullion stitches are sometimes called bullion knots.

Madeira lace is a type of bobbin lace originally worked by nuns and their pupils on the island of Madeira. This type of bobbin lace was regarded as a coarse copy of Maltese, Mechlin and torchon lace forms.

Madeira work trimmings are a form of whitework executed in long narrow strips (trimming).

Madeira embroidery (or Madeira work) is a type of fine whitework embroidery and cutwork lace, which is very similar to broderie anglaise. It may thus also be classed as a form of embroidered lace. This type of work was developed by Bella Phelps, who introduced this form of embroidery to Britain from the 1840's.

Broderie anglaise is a form of open whitework embroidery. It is also classed as a form of cutwork lace. Depending on the pattern, broderie anglaise may also be classed as an embroidered lace. Broderie anglaise became popular in the latter half of the nineteenth century, especially for women's and children’s clothing.

Spun silk is a form of cheaper silk thread. Normally one or more silk filaments are reeled directly from a silk worm cocoon and then used either in the form of floss silk, whereby the (sometimes very long) filaments are not, or very slightly spun, or a number of silk filaments (often comparatively short) are spun in order to make a usable thread. A spun silk thread is normally much cheaper than the unspun (floss) version.

Tussah (or Tussar) silk is the principal type of wild silk. It often has a coarse, light brown colour. It is produced from cocoons of moths of the Saturniidae family, particularly the species Antheraea pernyi, a native of China. Not to be confused with tussah that is a plain weave fibre with a rib effect.

Wild silk is obtained from the cocoons of caterpillars living in a wild state or in semi-domesticity, mostly from the genus Antheraea, but also from others. See also Tussah silk.

See Doupion silk.

Doupion(s) (Dupion) silk derives from two joined cocoons, or from double cocoons formed when two silkworms spin a communal cocoon. Doupion silk is similar in character to wild silk. This type of silk filament is used for making pongee and shantung silk.