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Regency Household: The Best Way to Clean a Room

By Anne | November 20, 2024 - 7:48 am |November 18, 2024 Regency Household

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Recipe and tips appeared The Ladies Best Companion; Or, a Golden Treasure for the Fair Sex (1800).

Regency Advertisements: Charles Stewart’s Dining Table

By Anne | November 18, 2024 - 7:07 am |November 18, 2024 Regency Advertisements

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This ad appeared in La Belle Assemblée’s January 1818 issue. The image is a Charles Stewart table from 1820 currently for sale: https://www.theoldcinema.co.uk/cuban-mahogany-extending-dining-table-by-charles-stewart-c-1820.html?srsltid=AfmBOoouWsiW1a_eNTuMGV3931m7uUr7ZQPRhynbyTMvCXFkK4DqT1SN

Regency Fashion: The Four-in-Hand

By Anne | November 16, 2024 - 7:47 am |November 15, 2024 Regency Fashion, Regency Men

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Lloyd’s Treatise on hats (1819) This is part of a series on Gentleman’s Hats: Regency Fashion: Gentlemen’s Hats Regency Fashion: The John Bull Top Hat Regency Continue →

Regency Beauty: Lemon Cream for Sunburn and Freckles

By Anne | November 14, 2024 - 6:51 am |November 12, 2024 Regency Beauty, Regency Health and Medicine

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This recipe appeared in The Art of Beauty; Or, the Best Methods of Improving and Preserving the Shape, Carriage, and Complexion. Together with the Theory Continue →

Regency Culture and Society: Men and Manners (23)

By Anne | November 12, 2024 - 7:28 am |November 11, 2024 Regency Culture and Society

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This is the twenty-third post in our Men and Manners, Maxims for life by a Gentleman (Men and Manners ; Or, Concentrated Wisdom. 4th Ed. Continue →

Matilda Madison: The Baron Takes a Bet

By Anne | November 10, 2024 - 8:43 am |November 8, 2024 2-3 Flames, Book Review, Matilda Madison

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After a marriage of convenience ends in the untimely death of her friend and new husband, Holly is surprised by the arrival of the heir Continue →

Regency Household: Hepplewhite’s Confidante

By Anne | November 4, 2024 - 8:15 am |November 2, 2024 Regency Household

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This design appeared in Hepplewhite’s The Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer’s Guide (1794). More Hepplewhite: Regency Household: Hepplewhite Designs for Chair Backs Regency Household: Hepplewhite Window Stools Continue →