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Roller pillow with lace in progress and twenty bobbins
Roller pillow with lace in progress and twenty bobbins
Titles: Roller pillow with lace in progress and twenty bobbins (Supplied title)
Description: Bobbin lace-making oval shaped roller pillow (A) with lace in progress on the roller and twenty bobbins (B-U) supplying thread. Twenty threads attached to bobbins are crossed and twisted over each other according to the pattern laid out on the pillowed roller to make a continuous lace. Pins keep the thread in place on the roller while work is in progress. Attributed to the Dakota or the Ojibwe.
Dates
- Approximately 1890 - Approximately 1925 (Date range based on other lacemaking materials in collection, see ID Numbers 1971.A - 1971.O.) (Use)
Identifiers
- Inventory Number: x.1.1099.A-U
Credit: Minnesota Historical Society Collections, Gift of the Sibley House Association of the Minnesota Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Holding Type: 3D Objects
Quantity: 21 items
Format
- Content Category: artifacts
Measurements
- 7 inches height
- 18 1/4 inches width
- 15 inches depth
Subjects
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Roller pillow with lace in progress and twenty bobbins