Definition of "pillow lace" []

• See bobbin lace. (noun)

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• "The design is worked in punto tirato and is evidently of Eastern origin; the flounce of pillow lace was added at a later date."
• "Lace in those days was even technically under the protection of the Church, among the names of stitches being "Pater", "Ave Maria", "Chapelet", etc. More than 100,000 workers now make pillow lace and point Arabe, as the modern guipure is called, at Le Puy, and lace is also made in the departments of Cantal and Vienne, and at Mirecourt in the Vosges."