Brian - in the case of Maltese, and probably also Spanish lace, we would
not dream of using spangled bobbins. Our traditional pillows are upright.
In Malta we have a bolster type pillow that it wider at the top. The
Spanish use a similar pillow which is then flat at the back (I prefer it
because it
I have been fascinated by this thread, of course not as a lace maker but a
bobbin historian.
My comments are totally subjective and I have not done any analysis of the
correspondence, but some of the comments and advice related to spangles/
continental style bobbins /shape of pillows, and the such
