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- ... that dried teasel pods (pictured) were used to raise the nap on woolen fabrics?
- ... that in Victor Hugo's novel Les Misérables, Cosette's wedding gown was made of Binche lace because Hugo remembered it from his youth as being a lace of beauty?
- ... that a heckling comb is used when hand processing flax to comb out and clean the fibers?
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edit- 31 May 2008, Main Page appearance.
- 31 May 2008, Main Page appearance.
- 5 June 2008, Main Page appearance.