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Regency Household: Swiss Cottage Park Entrance

By Anne | February 4, 2026 - 8:51 am |February 28, 2026 Regency Household

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The design and description appeared in Domestic Architecture: Being a Series of Designs for Mansions, Villas, Rectory Houses, Parsonage Houses, Bailiffs’ Lodge, Gardener’s Lodge, Game-keeper’s Continue →

Regency Household: Villa in the Grecian Style

By Anne | August 4, 2025 - 7:42 am |August 24, 2025 Regency Household

VILLA IN THE GRECIAN STYLE DESIGN No 7 THIS design is intended for the residence of a family with a household establishment suited to the rank of a country gentleman Villas of this class may be included amongst the most agreeable objects connected with a high state of civilization that occur in a tour through any part of Great Britain and constitute features of particular admiration to enlightened foreigners who travel amidst the romantic or sylvan scenery abounding in almost every region of our picturesque island No country indeed affords so many examples of that species of dwellings which bespeak that happy union of wealth elegance and comfort which may be said is peculiar to our nation The freshness of verdure as well in the lawn as in the trees and shrubs growing vigorously and luxuriantly as they do whether indi genous or exotic in our soil combine in rich variety with the villa and landscape gardening being cultivated with that national good taste for which the British people are renowned and which is visible in almost every part of the island render the combinations of a villa and the demesne which it adorns a delightful theme for description as well in the poet

The design and description appeared in Domestic Architecture: Being a Series of Designs for Mansions, Villas, Rectory Houses, Parsonage Houses, Bailiffs’ Lodge, Gardener’s Lodge, Continue →

Regency Household: Child’s Cot and Nursery Chair

By Anne | June 4, 2024 - 8:57 am |June 24, 2024 From the Desk of Anne

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The design for child’s cot or cradle and chair appeared in the 1808 Ackermann’s The upholsterer’s and cabinetmakers Repository.

Regency Household: Upright Pianoforte

By Anne | December 8, 2022 - 7:12 am |December 22, 2022 Regency Household

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This design for an upright pianoforte appeared in the 1808 Ackermann’s The upholsterer’s and cabinetmakers Repository.

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