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Pillow lace   /pˈɪloʊ leɪs/   Listen
Pillow lace

noun
1.
A handmade lace worked on a pillow with threads wound on bobbins; the pattern is marked out on the pillow by pins.  Synonym: bobbin lace.






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"Pillow lace" Quotes from Famous Books



... stooping, glancing, glistening, weaving softest pillow lace, coying to the wind and water, when their fleeting image danced, or by which their beauty moved,—God has made no lovelier thing; and only He takes ...
— Lorna Doone - A Romance of Exmoor • R. D. Blackmore

... two kinds—pillow lace, which is made upon a cushion or pillow, and point lace, which is made of stitches or points worked in patterns by hand, which are joined by various stitches forming a groundwork, also the ...
— Beeton's Book of Needlework • Isabella Beeton



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