Regency Reader

Regency Reader Questions: Jane Austen’s Clothing

By Anne | July 10, 2020 - 6:28 am |August 17, 2020 Regency Fashion, Regency Reader Questions

Comments Off

Regency Reader Question Are the characters in Jane Austen’s books dressed in Regency or Georgian styles? I have heard her referred to as a Regency-era Continue →

Regency Words: Swear Words

By Anne | January 28, 2020 - 7:25 am |January 8, 2021 Regency Words

Comments Off

Most people swear. A little, or a lot. Intentionally…or one just slips out. But how did people in the Regency curse? Were they all really Continue →

Regency Household: Lit de Repos

By Anne | August 6, 2019 - 8:22 am |August 22, 2019 Regency Household

Comments Off

The plate and description appeared in the 1824 Modern Furniture collection. According to the description, this was the height of deshabille fashion!

Regency (N)ot Spots: Bermondsey Spa

By Anne | March 16, 2019 - 7:32 am |April 9, 2019 Regency Hot Spots

Comments Off

Around 1770, Thomas Keyse discovered a chalybeate spring in Bermondsey. By 1780, the Vauxhall inspired (but on much smaller scale) Bermondsey Spa Pleasure Gardens was Continue →