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

Example Sentences

Antique.—A pillow lace, hand-made from heavy linen thread, and characterized by an exceedingly open, coarse, square mesh.

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

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

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

In all kinds of pillow lace the net groundwork is made by twisting and plaiting the threads, sometimes in twos and sometimes in fours.

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

Some early writers after much laborious investigation assert that pillow lace was first made in Flanders.

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

Ypres.—A pillow lace resembling Valenciennes, but sometimes with bolder designs and rather large lozenge or square mesh in the ground; also a type of Valenciennes.

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