lace pillow

plural lace pillows

1. A cushion used in making hand-wrought pillow lace.

   "Oh, yes, alvays," was the phlegmatic response of Mrs. Landvetter, as she adjusted the pins in the lace pillow on her lap.

   1907, Mrs. Wilson Woodrow, The New Missioner, Chapter 18

   3 more examples

   a small soft pincushion, which had better have a tongue so that it can be pinned to the lace pillow and shifted at pleasure

   1865, "Devonia", The Honiton Lace Book

   His grandmother had lost her lace-pillow, and after searching for some time, he found it lying out in the square. But the pins and bobbins were darting to and fro on their own account, at an incredible rate, and the lace as they made it turned into a singing beanstalk, and rose and threw out branches all over the sky.

   1899, Arthur Quiller-Couch, The Ship of Stars, Chapter 2

   Honiton Application is made by working the pattern parts on the lace pillow and securing them to a net ground, separately made. At present it is customary to use machine-made net upon which hand-made sprays are sewn.

   1904, Samuel L. Goldenberg, Lace