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Regency Tips: Cleaning Spots from Cloth and Silk

By Anne | September 18, 2025 - 8:49 am |September 27, 2025 Regency Household, Regency Tips
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Recipe and tips for cleaning textiles appeared The Ladies Best Companion; Or, a Golden Treasure for the Fair Sex (1800).

Tagged 1800s, 19th century, boards, cleaning, cleaning tips, household, linen, receipts, recipes, regency, Regency England, silk, textiles

Regency Beauty: Wash Balls

By Anne | April 26, 2025 - 7:13 am |May 4, 2025 Regency Beauty, Regency Health and Medicine
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Vintage ad for Pear's

Wash balls, infrequently also called soap balls, were common for centuries before the Regency, but they would have been a normal part of bathing, shaving, Continue →

Tagged 1800s, 19th century, cleaning, health, regency, Regency England, regency fashion, regency men, regency women, shaving, soap, soap balls, wash balls

Regency Household: Muslin Care

By Anne | December 20, 2024 - 8:06 am |January 4, 2025 Regency Household
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Recipe and tips appeared The Ladies Best Companion; Or, a Golden Treasure for the Fair Sex (1800).

Tagged 1800s, 19th century, cleaning, clothes washing, muslin, muslin care, regency, Regency England, regency fashion, regency women, regency women's clothing, regency women's fashion

Regency Household: The Best Way to Clean a Room

By Anne | November 20, 2024 - 7:48 am |December 3, 2024 Regency Household
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Recipe and tips appeared The Ladies Best Companion; Or, a Golden Treasure for the Fair Sex (1800).

Tagged 1800s, 19th century, cleaning, household, regency, Regency England
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