I’ve been blogging for nearly two decades now and have never covered French or bullion wire. I did use it early on for protecting beading wire or thread at the clasp ends but once I discovered wire guardians, I never returned to it. But I have belatedly realised there is much, much more to this very old type of finding.
French or bullion wire is a very, very fine coil of thin wire which has been traditionally used, together with gold braids and lace, to heavily decorate military uniforms, court and ecclesiastical dress and so forth.
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