On the Arizona site you can find the book by Sophie Davydoff: 'La dentelle russe, histoire, technique, statistique' (Karl W. Hiersemann, Leipzig, 1895). Look at plate A you will see thorns of wild pear used as pins in the Minsk area of Russia.
In the OIDFA Bulletin 4/1999 p. 46 you can see a lacepillow from Dalecarlia in Sweden with 'pins' cut from wood. It is exceptional that such a primitive pillow has been preserved. Aino Linnove states that in Finland pins made of the backbones from fish or made of wood were used. In addition the dividing pins could be made of pig's teeth. Bodil Tornehave was more specific she stated that it is the backbones of perch that was used to make pins. Vibeke in Copenhagen - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
