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Regency Advertisements: Ghrimes Wool

By Anne | December 12, 2019 - 11:46 am |December 19, 2019 Regency Fashion

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This ad appeared in the June 1816 issue of Ackermann’s Repository.

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 →

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 →