[h-cost] Pink?

2011-09-25 Thread Bambi TBNL
this is a two part question . first is the flower originally called the pink, what we , today, call a carnation or the origin of that flower? if it is, is the regular jagged edge, part of the origin of the term pinking?. Im trying to use this for a masked ball i plan to attend soon where the

Re: [h-cost] Pink?

2011-09-25 Thread Charlene Charette
Taking a trip through the OED It seems that the origins of the words pink for the flower and pinking for the jagged edge are uncertain. Their supposition is the flower was named for the fabric treatment. --Charlene On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Bambi TBNL hippy_dippy_dan...@yahoo.com

Re: [h-cost] Pink?

2011-09-25 Thread Patricia Dunham
On Sep 25, 2011, at 11:22 AM, Bambi TBNL wrote: this is a two part question . first is the flower originally called the pink, what we , today, call a carnation or the origin of that flower? yes, see esp the Dianthus caryophyllus article on Wiki,

Re: [h-cost] Pink?

2011-09-25 Thread otsisto
One would think that since the flower existed before the edge that the edge would have been named after the flower. :\ De -Original Message- Taking a trip through the OED It seems that the origins of the words pink for the flower and pinking for the jagged edge are uncertain. Their

Re: [h-cost] Pink?

2011-09-25 Thread albertcat
One would think that since the flower existed before the edge that the edge would have been named after the flower. *** Not so. There is no reason the term for the edging could not have been applied to the flower later. After all, the flower is also called Dianthus. If you

Re: [h-cost] Pink?

2011-09-25 Thread albertcat
the flower is also called Dianthus. BTW... Dianthus means flower of Zeus in Greek. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] Pink?

2011-09-25 Thread otsisto
Perhap the edge reminded them of Zeus' lightning bolts. De -Original Message- the flower is also called Dianthus. BTW... Dianthus means flower of Zeus in Greek. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com

Re: [h-cost] Pink?

2011-09-25 Thread Natalie
From a layman's perspective, it is interesting to find out that a pink is a type of carnation. My mother, an avid gardener, often planted both pinks and carnations. I never knew they were in the same family since the carnations I am used to are a more rounded flower like mum with many layers

[h-cost] costume on book covers, argh

2011-09-25 Thread Patricia Dunham
Just ran across, by accident, 2 new CECELIA HOLLAND's -- hooray. THEN I looked them up online and the covers -- argh! Obviously art-directed at the bodice ripper set! The King's Witch is a Richard II period piece with a not-very-good Ren-faire wench in green, @

Re: [h-cost] Pink?

2011-09-25 Thread albertcat
From a layman's perspective, it is interesting to find out that a pink is a type of carnation. sweet williams are pinks too, I believe. Let's see Wikipedia says: Dianthus is a genus of about 300 species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, native

Re: [h-cost] Pink?

2011-09-25 Thread Bambi TBNL
Oh..WOW!!! Ok so now i so gotta do this if there is tome. And Ive got one week to squeeze it in!. I have pink Minnlot of it. I can get my hand on some green and the piece de resistance... About 4ft by 3 ft of rose colored pinked leather. Double and green Italian slop plus a mosque