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 * ... that samite was a luxurious and heavy silk fabric worn in the Middle Ages, and famously by Tennyson's Lady of the Lake (pictured)?
 * ... that torchon lace is one of the oldest bobbin laces and has strictly geometric patterns?
 * ... that Bucks point lace is a bobbin lace from the East Midlands in England with both floral and geometric designs?

Source

 * 1) 28 May 2008, Main Page appearance.
 * 2) 30 May 2008, Main Page appearance.
 * 3) 27 May 2008, Main Page appearance.