When I was in the Cech Republic in 2004, the instructor had a bolster pillow (about 8 inches in dia.) that sat on an interesting stand.It was about 30 inches tall (the correct height for her to work seated) and looked like a wooden 'bar stool' with out a seat, it just had the 4 legs upper ends extending. the legs were positioned at an angle so the top ends were closer together (about 6-8 inches apart) than the foot end on the floor. It also had cross braces and the upper ones held a square shelf/tray about 6-8 inches below the pillow.The pillow could be positioned in a variety of ways; horizontal to vertical , allowing the lacer to do any pattern that would fit on the pillow, edging or round/square. It was amazing to see the lacer working on them. Some lacers also had a table top version. Lorri > > 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). >
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