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Regency Household: Drawing Room Chairs

By Anne | May 28, 2018 - 7:03 am |June 8, 2018 Regency Household

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19th century drawing room chair profiles

From A Collection of Designs for Household Furniture and Interior (1805).

Regency Travel: Steam Packets

By Anne | May 26, 2018 - 7:59 am |June 13, 2018 Regency Science and Invention, Regency Travel

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New Picture of London, 1820 Following the Georgian invention of the steam engine, entrepreneurial Brits were keen to put it to work in a variety Continue →

Regency Travel: The Sulky

By Anne | May 18, 2018 - 7:44 am |June 5, 2018 Regency Travel

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A Treatise on Carriages, 1796 In the mid-eighteenth century, the term sulky was generally applies to a one passenger carriage. Apparently, the perceived aloofness of Continue →

Regency Culture and Society: Marriage and Money, a Debate

By Anne | May 16, 2018 - 8:29 am |May 24, 2018 Regency Culture and Society

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The May 1808 edition of The Lady’s Monthly Museum has, as their monthly debate feature, some interesting tidbits on marriage and money. Since this is Continue →