Excerpt from Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Vol. 6: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People, Illustrated With Maps and Numerous Wood Engravings
Saxony, and spread thence to the Netherlands and France. Even to the present day, we occasionally hear of Saxon bone-lace,' a name which was given to indicate the use of bone-pins, before the intro duction of the common brass ones.
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