I meant to send this to the entire list as well... Clay
Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA. USA -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [lace] Re: roller pillow and lace From: Clay Blackwell <clayblackw...@comcast.net> To: lynrbai...@desupernet.net CC: Hi Lyn... I'm not an authority on pillows, by any means, but I think that block pillows have probably been around for a very long time. According to "Kloppel, Kissen, Stander", the lovely book published by the German Lace Guild in 2002 (now OOP), the Swiss in the Neuenburg region used a lovely pillow with sloping sides on the left and right, and blocks that fit vertically in between. It had a wedge-shape bottom that raised the back of the pillow, and the sides and back of this wedge were often fitted with drawers... to hold spare bobbins and perhaps the roll of finished lace. Unfortunately, the book does not give a date for this pillow, but it is very old. The Belgians had a similar pillow, but it did not have the moveable blocks. I do wish they had given some dates... our best information for the *very* old pillows (18th c. and earlier) must be through paintings of the period in question. Still, the roller pillows in this book seem to have been more widely used in all other parts of Europe for a very long time. Clay Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA. USA - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
