The dictionary of needlework : an encyclopædia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework ... (1882)
Caulfeild, S. F. A. (Sophia Frances Anne), 1824-1911, Saward, Blanche C · London : L. Upcott Gill · leaf 172
Brussels. Dressed Pillow.—A term used by lace makers tointimate that all the accessories necessary for the art arein their proper positions. These are : A Pillow (forHoniton lace this is flat, for Brussels round, for Saxonylong), (see Pillow), three covers for the same (see CoverCloths), a hank of… … Fig. 309. DRESSED PILLOW, with Lace in Process of Making. hook, a bobbin bag, a pair of sharp scissors in sheath, anda passement pattern. The bobbin bag is made shorterthan the bobbins, and stitched up in compartments, sothat each division holds twelve pairs of bobbins; it isfinished with a little…
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