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Regency Household: Clean Your Chimney (Without Children)

By Anne | April 24, 2023 - 7:48 am |May 1, 2023 Regency Household

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This cleaning method appeared in The Family Receipt Book (1819).

Regency Household: An Egyptian Chimney Front

By Anne | February 6, 2021 - 7:25 am |February 16, 2021 Regency Household

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This engraving and the description appeared in the 1823 book “Modern Furniture” by Augustus Pugin and J Stafford. Napolean’s Egyptian Campaign in the early 19 Continue →

Regency Household: Mona Marble Chimney Piece

By Anne | July 12, 2017 - 7:58 am |July 27, 2017 Regency Household

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Appearing in Ackermann’s Repository in 1816, this chimney façade featured “Mona Marble”, native to the British Isles (island of Anglesey off Wales) and fashioned in Continue →