Sajou Fil au Chinois "Lin Cable" Waxed Linen Thread Full Spool #832 (0.43mm)/Corded Thread/Linen Cable/Thread for Leather/Cable outlets Thread

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Brand new Full Spool of Sajou Fil au Chinois "Lin Cable" Waxed Linen Thread #832 (0.43mm diameter). 31 colors. Made in France
♦ This is a full spool of #832 Sajou linen thread. Each spool contains 50 grams, about 375 meters of thread. ♦
The N°832 linen cable is the finest thread in the range. Each spool contains 50 grams, representing roughly 375 meters of thread. We are often asked if this thread can be used on a sewing machine. Some of our clients do, some don't. It all depends on the power of the machine and the technique used. More often than not, luxury leather items require hand stitching, notably for the famous saddle stitch which machines can imitate, without the resulting strength.
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The Fil Au Chinois waxed “Lin Cable” is a luxury thread for high-quality leather work. As indicated in the name, this thread is cabled, signifying that the threads have been twisted a first time, and then these threads are assembled and twisted a second time. The term "cable", or corded, signifies this double twist. This obviously increases greatly the solidity of the thread, but also makes it more rounded, particularly adaptable for leather work. We have five thicknesses of linen cable: N°332 (0.77mm diameter), N°432 (0.63mm diameter), N°532 (0.57mm diameter), N°632 (0.51mm diameter), and N°832 (0.43mm diameter).
To order simply choose the color and quantity you want from the list.

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The name, fil au Chinois, dates back to a period in France when anything Oriental was fashionable. This interest for the Orient became very popular with the expedition to Egypt in 1798, by Bonaparte (the future Napoléon), Algeria's conquest by France (1830) and twenty-five years later the opening up of China and Japan only reinforced this interest. The beginning of the brand Au Chinois was at the heart of this cultural movement. The idea was a success as it permitted the creation of a character easily identifiable and now legendary.
The brand, Fil Au Chinois was registered in 1847, by Francois-Philibert Vrau who founded his company in Lille twenty years beforehand. This was to protect an innovative method to present threads; spools surrounded with a label and placed in boxes.
But the brand Fil au Chinois really took off in the 1850's with the arrival of Philibert Vrau, the director's son.
Then, like many other brands in Northern France, the Fil Au Chinois had a long period of decline mainly due to the first domestic sewing machines which were unsuitable for linen threads, industrial difficulties, inappropriate commercial policies...
While production numbers for the Fil Au Chinois didn't stop decreasing, the interest for publicity objects and old products only increased for seasoned collectors.
The Fil Au Chinois thread could have been in danger of disappearing had it not been for two, determined industrialists, Olivier and Bruno Toulemonde.In charge of Ets Toulemonde, one of the last remaining French thread manufacturers, the two brothers realized the importance of reviving and prolonging the history of Fil Au Chinois.
In outlets 2007, Olivier and Bruno Toulemonde, determined to revive Fil Au Chinois and bring it back to its former glory, bought the branded product having overcome various difficulties amongst them putting machines back into working order, some dating back to 1890.
Frédérique Crestin-Billet, a passionate collector and herself at the heart of the Sajou brand revival, is part of this joint venture to restore the quality packaging that was once the hallmark of Fil Au Chinois.