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  • Object number
    51/842
  • Collection
    Lavinia Smith Collection
  • Description
    A lacemaking pillow there is a small, cylindrical straw-filled pillow resting in the centre of the main frame, and on it is a lace pattern.
    This is lacemaking pillow covered in green cloth with a velvet ribbon trim and a wooden frame. There is a small, cylindrical straw-filled pillow resting in the centre of the main frame, and on it is a lace pattern. This pillow came with a set of bobbins (51/843/1-15). The pillow acts as a support on which the lace is made.
  • Physical description
    1 pillow; good condition
  • Archival history
    See lace bobbins, 51/843/1-15., No Lavinia Smith No. recorded.
  • Object name
    Pillow, lacemaking
  • Material
    Fibre, Wood, Plant fibre, straw
  • Associated subject
    Berkshire
    CRAFTS : textile-working
    Lace making
  • Associated person/institution
    Rippon, Miss Dorothy May Lyddon (Agent)
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