Early Beds pillows were probably the same ones used to make Bucks Point, since a lot of the workers would've moved from making Bucks to Beds. They were indeed round, but many were quite deep too - almost like a Honiton pillow. If you look at old pillow horses from that time, that have a pillow in them, the pillows are deep - possibly 10" or more (hard to just from photos), and not the flat 'cookies' of the more modern era.
There might've been a few bolsters at that time for yardage, but I'm not sure I remember seeing too many photos of bolsters from pre- 1900 in the UK. I think they use bolster-shaped pillows in Malta, and there are places on the continent too, like the Czech Republic. I remember a lady from the former Czechoslovakia who joined the Victorian Branch of the ALG in the mid 1980's, who did amazing work, and her bolster ran vertically (narrow ends top and bottom or North and South, as opposed to E/W or on either side), so her pillow was rolled side to side, not backwards and forwards (if that makes sense). Cheers, Helen, 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
