pillow lace

noun

1. bobbin lace.

pillow lace

noun

1. lace made by winding thread around bobbins on a padded cushion or board Compare point lace

Word History and Origins

Origin of pillow lace¹

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

A small pin, or cylinder, formerly of bone, now most commonly of wood, used in the making of pillow lace.

From Project Gutenberg

Duchesse.—A fine pillow lace, a variety originally made in Belgium resembling Honiton guipure lace in design and workmanship, but worked with a finer thread and containing a greater amount of raised or relief work.

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Embroidery, however, postulates a foundation of material to be enriched with needlework, whereas needlepoint and pillow lace are wrought independently of any corresponding foundation of material.

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She can see a little, though everything is dim, and the lace it is knitted,—not pillow lace, like some,—and she can make her fingers go, oh, so quickly!

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And what shall we say of those exquisite creations of woman's brain and hand—needle-point and pillow lace?

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