Embroidery and lace: their manufacture and history from the remotest antiquity to the present day. A handbook for amateurs, collectors and general readers (1888)
Lefébure, Ernest, b. 1835, Cole, Alan S. (Alan Summerly), 1846-1934 · London, H. Grevel · leaf 26
e stitches, the junctures being as effectually con- DEFINITIONS. 13 cealed as possible. The piece of needlepoint lace isthus completed. Bobbin or Pillow Lace.—The make of a bobbin orpillow lace has considerably less analogy with an em-broidery than that existing between this latter and aneedlepoint… … Fig. 10.—Cushion and bobbins for pillow lace-making. of manufacture in vogue in different countries. Oneend of each thread is fastened on to the cushion witha pin, the main supply of thread being twined rounda small bobbin of wood, bone or ivory. The threadsare twisted and plaited together by the…
Lace and lace making · Embroidery
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