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Regency Household: Reclining Chairs

By Anne | December 10, 2019 - 6:47 am |January 10, 2020 Regency Household

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I was surprised to see these early recliners in An Encyclopædia of Cottage, Farm, and Villa Architecture and Furniture (1835): Its not hard to imagine Continue →

Janna MacGregor: Wild, Wild Rake

By Anne | December 8, 2019 - 6:46 am |January 13, 2020 2-3 Flames, Janna MacGregor, New on the Shelves

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This book will be released in February 2020. Her first marriage was an epic failure. Lady Avalon Warwyck never did love her husband. Arrogant, selfish, Continue →

Regency Culture and Society: The Plan of the Battle of Jena

By Anne | December 6, 2019 - 6:45 am |December 10, 2019 Regency Culture and Society

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This map and timeline and accompanying account appeared in a supplementary 1806 issue of La Belle Assemblee.

Regency Fashion: Cautions to females whose clothes catch fire

By Anne | November 28, 2019 - 6:57 am |December 6, 2019 Regency Fashion

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Apparently enough of an issue to warrant some stop, drop and roll advice, The Modern Receipt Book (1824) offered ways to prevent and treat flammable Continue →