Artist: Estella Canziani
Title: Girl Making Lace, Savoy, France
Date of artist: 1887-1964
Nationality: British
Pillow: small bolster, on stand
Bobbins: fairly straight, quite a few bobbins
Comments: The pillow looks tiny. It needs a stand, which looks rather unstable to me. Perhaps you're supposed to grip the stand with your knees, or perhaps there is a big base which steadies it, or you put your feet on it. It accurately shows the lacemaker keeping the bobbins in her hands, rather than lying them on the pillow. This is necessary with a bolster.
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