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Regency Household: Cottage or Shooting Lodge

By Anne | April 4, 2025 - 7:09 am |March 31, 2025 Regency Household
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This design appeared in Rural Architecture Or Designs, from the Simple Cottage to the Decorated Villa; Including Some which Have Been Executed. By John Plaw, … Continue →

Tagged 1800s, 19th century, cottage, estates, furniture, household, hunting lodge, regency, Regency England, shooting lodge

Regency Fashion: Walking and Evening Dress (1824)

By Anne | April 2, 2025 - 8:39 am |March 31, 2025 Regency Fashion
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Gowns and descriptions appeared in the April 1824 issue of the Lady’s Monthly Museum.

Tagged 1800s, 19th century, lady's monthly museum, regency, Regency England, regency fashion, regency women, regency women's clothing, regency women's fashion, walking dress, women

Regency Reader Questions: Contractions and Class

By Anne | March 30, 2025 - 8:40 am |March 19, 2025 Regency Reader Questions
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Moniker/Name    Nancy J Source of Question   Research Your Question How much did the Regency upper class use contractions in their speech, e.g. cannot v. can’t, Continue →

Tagged 1800s, 19th century, cant, contractions, don't, language, linguistics, regency, Regency England, speech, upper class, won't

Regency Miscellany: Mr Holt’s Discovery

By Anne | March 28, 2025 - 8:26 am |March 31, 2025 Regency Miscellany
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This blurb appeared in the March 1810 issue of La Belle Assemblée. The story also appeared in The Monthly Museum in 1810. I couldn’t find Continue →

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Regency Fashion: Walking and Evening Dress (1810)

By Anne | March 26, 2025 - 8:11 am |March 15, 2025 Regency Fashion
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This month, we are featuring an additional fashion spotlight that includes some jewelry descriptions which were of interest to a Regency Reader. Plates, descriptions, and Continue →

Tagged 1800s, 19th century, la belle assemblee, regency, Regency England, regency fashion, regency women, regency women's clothing, regency women's fashion

Regency Hot Spots: Leamington’s Libraries

By Anne | March 22, 2025 - 8:09 am |March 15, 2025 Regency Hot Spots
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Bisset, J. (1814). A descriptive guide of Leamington Priors. United Kingdom: Printed, for the author. The mark of any up and coming destination was the amenities tonnish types would look Continue →

Tagged 1800s, 19th century, hot spots, leamington, leamington spa, libraries, regency, Regency England

Regency Dish: Chicken with Lemon Sauce

By Anne | March 20, 2025 - 8:03 am |March 15, 2025 Regency Dish
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Recipe appeared in The Art of Cookery Made Easy and Refined Comprising Ample Directions for Preparing Every Article Requisite for Furnishing the Tables of the Nobleman, Gentleman, Continue →

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Regency Fashion: Men’s Dress Coats and Pantaloons

By Anne | March 18, 2025 - 8:50 am |March 15, 2025 Regency Fashion, Regency Men
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Above is a plate and description from The whole art of dress! or, The road to elegance and fashion, at the enormous saving of thirty Continue →

Tagged 1800s, 19th century, dress coats, evening dress, pantaloons, regency, Regency England, regency fashion, regency men, waistcoat
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    A duel, a deal, and a narrow escape from death

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