pillow lace

American  

noun

1. bobbin lace.

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pillow lace British  

noun

1. lace made by winding thread around bobbins on a padded cushion or board Compare point lace

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Etymology

Origin of pillow lace

First recorded in 1855–60

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pillow lace

She can see a little, though everything is dim, and the lace it is knitted,—not pillow lace, like some,—and she can make her fingers go, oh, so quickly!

From Amy in Acadia A Story for Girls by Helen Leah Reed

Grammont.—White pillow lace used for shawls and the like.

From Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades by William H. (William Henry) Dooley

Dunkirk.—A pillow lace made with a flat thread, and whose manufacture was carried on in the districts around Dunkirk, a French seaport, in the seventeenth century.

From Lace, Its Origin and History by Samuel L. Goldenberg

Auvergne.—A pillow lace made at the French city of Auvergne and the surrounding district.

From Lace, Its Origin and History by Samuel L. Goldenberg

Brussels Pillow.—Fine pillow lace with the patterns joined together by little loops on their edges.

From Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades by William H. (William Henry) Dooley

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