Pillow-Lace Working
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A short 1860 magazine article describing how pillow lace is made by English lacemakers in Bedfordshire, Kent and other southern counties. It explains the stuffed pillow on a wooden stand, the parchment pricked pattern, pins, and the weighted bobbins with glass beads, and discusses the slow pace of the work, low pay, child labor and competition from imitation lace. An engraving shows a woman working at a lace pillow.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1860
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 2
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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