According to the glossary in Mincoff & Marriage Fond à la vierge = rose
stitch. In the body of the book they say that rose stitch is 'violet
stitch' to Germans and 'maiden's grounding' to the French.
Pat Earnshaw's Dictionary of Lace says cinq trous, five hole, fond à la
vierge, virgin ground and rose stitch are all the same.
Margaret L Brook calls it Maiden's net or Point de la Vierge.
Cook & Stott's book shows 17 variations of rose ground plus cane ground.
Then there's Dillmont - she calls it 'double or ornamental ground' and
what she calls rose ground is what most people nowadays would call
honeycomb.
So, take your pick!!!
Brenda
On 11 Aug 2008, at 22:39, Jane O'Connor wrote:
There is a discussion on-going over terminology in different
languages. I have
one that we in my group have not been able to identify. It is from a
'sGravenmoere book and after much bugging of lacers and research we
finally
have an English translation but then, the stitch is an unknown factor.
'fond
de vierge ' We have figured out it means the background or bottom is
done in
virgin stitch. What is the virgin stitch?
Possibly roseground but if so, why
in the same listing of techniques needed for the pattern have
rozengrond
listed?
Jane O'Connor
Brenda in Allhallows, Kent
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/index.html
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