Well, now, looking at the photos of the pillow on the link posted here, I reckon that's the type of pillow I saw in an antique shop one year way back when (ie, last century) in Castlemaine, which is a rural country town (city now?) outside Melbourne, Victoria. I think it was in the same shop that had some lovely porcelain figurines and some fabulous quilts (going at fabulous prices).
Fortunately, I took photos of it. Unfortunately, they pre-date the digital era, so are 'real' photos. They're also buried in a folder in a tub in the basement, so not easy to dig out and scan, share, and study. >From memory, it was kind of a dusty, forlorn little green pillow, and the bobbins were still attached to the lace, but in an awful mess. It desperately needed a kind hand to untangle the mess and spruce it up. I forget how much they were asking for it. It certainly doesn't look to be the most efficient of pillows, and I would think might cause some frustration. I have a notion, that there was an article published in an old issue of Australian Lace about the Torchon Lace company. Can't get to my db to look up the issue, but I think it was from the late 80's. If anyone is interested, email me off list and I will go spend a day thumbing through my copies of ALG to locate it (or prove myself wrong). I don't remember if it refers to the Sydney office of the company, but I think it does talk about the Melbourne office, on lovely Collins Street. Helen, sunny Duvall, WA - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
