Honiton (East Devon) lace pillow
Cynthia Voysey (1939-2015) probably made the part-worked lace motif on this traditionally set-up lace pillow. She was a lace-maker, teacher and author, who assisted with lace collection and demonstrations at Rougemont House Museum of Costume and Lace, part of RAMM, in the 1980s.
The traditional lace pillow (as recommended by Charlotte Treadwin in her book Antique Point and Honiton Lace) was made of stout cotton, or ticking, and stuffed with chopped straw or bran. Workers could make their own pillows. Mrs Treadwin stocked ready-made lace pillows at 10 to 20 shillings each (1875), about £30-£60 today.
The traditional lace pillow (as recommended by Charlotte Treadwin in her book Antique Point and Honiton Lace) was made of stout cotton, or ticking, and stuffed with chopped straw or bran. Workers could make their own pillows. Mrs Treadwin stocked ready-made lace pillows at 10 to 20 shillings each (1875), about £30-£60 today.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 66/1975/1
- Collection Class
- Textiles and equipment
- Material
- cottonstraw
- Common Name
- Honiton (East Devon) lace pillow
- Simple Name
- pillow
- Period Classification
- Modern (1900-)
- Production Town
- Exeter
- Production County
- Devon
- Production Country
- United Kingdom
- Production Date
- 1987
- Production Person Initials
- Cynthia
- Production Person Surname
- Voysey
