a dentelle and for pillow lace, any one of those
enumerated, excepting Coton a broder surfin.

PILLOW LACE AND THE NECESSARY ARTICLES FOR ITS MANUFACTURE.--Pillow
lace derives its name from the cushion or pillow on which all bobbin
lace is made, which distinguishes it from point lace, so-called because
it consists of "points" or stitches made with a needle and thread.

Various articles are required for the making of pillow lace; in the
first place a cushion or pillow, then bobbins and a winder, parchment
patterns, pins and a pricker.

THE LACE PILLOW (figs. 774, 775, 776).--The pillows used for pillow
lace are of different kinds and vary in shape with where the country,
and the manner in which the lace is made.

[Illustration: FIG. 774. THE LACE PILLOW.]

Fig. 774 represents the shape in use in the mountains of Bohemia and
Saxony, where pillow lace has always been one of the chief industries of
the inhabitants. Any one can make a cushion of this kind themselves with
a piece of stuff, 60 c/m. long and 40 wide. The long sides are firmly
sewn together and the short ones turned in with a narrow hem through
which you run a cord to draw them up. A disc of stout cardboard is put
inside the case after you have gathered up the one end; you then stuff
the case as full as possible with bran, sawdust or horsehair, lay a
second disc of cardboard in at the top and draw up the other end.

These pillows are then put into cardboard boxes with rather high sides,
or into a kind of basket, weighted at the bottom, to keep it firm and
steady. Pillows of this most primitive kind have the great advantage of
being perfectly easy to make.

[Illustration: FIG. 775. PILLOW WITH MOVABLE CYLINDER FOR MAKING LACE.]

[Illustration: FIG. 776. POSITION OF THE BOBBINS AND THE WORK ON THE
CUSHION FIG. 775.]

Fig. 775 represents a pillow of a more complicated kind, which can be
stood upon the table or mounted on a stand. The cylinder is movable so
that you can go on working without interruption.

The whole apparatus consists of a board or stand, 50 c/m. long and 40
wide, resting upon two transverse pieces of wood, 31/2 c/m. high behind
and 1 c/m. in front.

The board should be covered, first with a very thick flannel or Bath
coating and then with a fine dark green flannel or cloth.

Two small supports are fixed on to the outside edge of the stand to hold
the cylinder, which consists of two discs that revolve on a rod about 22
c/m. long.

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