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Lace-Making Pillow524/4

Blue lace making pillow, fully set up for lace making, with work in progress. The pillow is square with rounded corners, tightly stuffed with grasses or straw, covered with blue linen textile. A parchment lace-making pattern is pinned into position on the pillow; there is a length of finished lace, the near end of which is still in process. Approximately 60 threads and bobbins are attached and approximately 125 steel pins hold the thread in position on the pattern. Twenty-one spare bobbins are held in a pocket on the right hand side. A triangular pin cushion holds extra pins.

Culture
English
Material
cotton fibre, linen fibre, grass, wood, metal, glass, bone, clay, parchment paper and dye
Made in
United Kingdom and Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PillowN1.330

Ceramic pillow showing polychrome figures in various scenes. Top side has a scene of two robed women facing another with a basket or a bucket . Lower front side has a scene of a robed woman sitting on the right side of the left corner window with an outdoor plant on the bottom right corner. Under side has a scene of robed man facing a robed woman. Lower back side has a scene of robed woman sitting on the left side of the left oval window with a tree crossing the outside right corners. Green key pattern bordering edges. One end has an oval hole, and the other end has a cut out design of two overlapping circles.

Culture
Chinese
Material
clay
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pillow1455/9

Rectangular hexahedron made of brown leather stretched over a wooden frame. Object has gently curved convex sides and back and gold floral designs painted on the ends.

Culture
Japanese
Material
leather skin, wood and paint
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PillowB573

A small circular head cushion with a hole at the centre. Fancy twist "weave" around the edge.

Culture
Turi
Material
palm leaf ? or bamboo leaf ?
Made in
Bihar, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pillow3588/4

Blue and white porcelain pillow; hollow and rectangular in shape, with openwork on left and right sides. Openwork consists of two medallions that overlap at their edges; designs on medallions are central square cutouts and ovals along the sides. Leaves and flowers surround the medallions. Top, bottom, front, and back sides are bordered with a cloud motif; central designs are of different patterned medallions surrounded by flowering branches. Four medallions on front and back sides, done in staggered columns; seven on top and bottom with a central medallion circled by the other six.

Culture
Chinese
Material
clay, paint and glaze
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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