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Delicate beauty: Phylis Attwell demonstrates pillow lace-making, twisting and plaiting threads together over a pillow base, with two antique bobbins from her collection
Delicate beauty: Phylis Attwell demonstrates pillow lace-making, twisting and plaiting threads together over a pillow base, with two antique bobbins from her collection

Delicate beauty: Phylis Attwell demonstrates pillow lace-making, twisting and plaiting threads together over a pillow base, with two antique bobbins from her collection

Date1/21/1982
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Original Toronto Star caption: Delicate beauty: Phylis Attwell demonstrates pillow lace-making; twisting and plaiting threads together over a pillow base; with two antique bobbins from her collection.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0019619F
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