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Regency Household: Advice on the Treatment of Servants

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I often see considerable license given to the treatment of staff and servants in historical romance. I think its often to make the mucky-mucks of Continue →

Regency Household: Drawing Room Candelabri

By Anne | March 13, 2018 - 7:06 am |March 30, 2018 Regency Household

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These two plates appeared in A Collection of Designs for Household Furniture and Interior (1805).

Regency Hot Spots: Sans Pareil Theatre

By Anne | March 8, 2018 - 9:42 am |July 24, 2023 Regency Hot Spots, Regency Pastimes

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What would later become the Adelphi Theatre, the Sans Pareil (Without Compare) Theatre was founded in 1806 in The Strand by colour merchant John Continue →

Regency Fashions: Dresses, Caps and a Morning Neglige

By Anne | March 2, 2018 - 7:19 am |March 30, 2018 Regency Fashion

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This collection of dresses and hats appeared in the March 1806 edition of La Belle Assemblee (or Bell’s Court). The accessories really are something to Continue →