Has anyone done much research on what early lace pillows were made out of? I'm primarily looking at the origins of the lace pillow in the sixteenth century or earlier.
We have an image of an early pillow on the cover of Nuw Modelbuch (http://ilaria.veltri.tripod.com/bobbins/nuwmodelbuch.jpg).This pillow almost looks like the shape of a pillow that someone could sleep on. What could the pillow have been stuffed with? Would it have been straw, rags or maybe sawdust? Also, what type of fabric would have made sense to make the pillow out of? Maybe a linen or wool? I would like to make something like this for recreation purposes at some point, but so far I haven't found resources for the average Tudor era bed pillow. I've seen fancier pillow cases, but have not found much info yet for the pillow itself. Still need to do more digging on this. Thanks! Jen - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
