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Regency Hot Spots: Dutton’s Circulating Library

By Anne | August 16, 2019 - 7:50 am |August 30, 2019 Regency Hot Spots

La Belle Assemblee, 1807 On 45 Gracechurch Street in London, Dutton’s Universal Circulating Library and booksellers operated from 1799 until sometime in the late 1820s. It was one Continue →

Regency Household: Design of a Library

By Anne | September 20, 2018 - 7:42 am |September 27, 2018 Regency Household

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This plate and the description appeared in a drawing manual of sorts from the 1835 meant to teach about drawing and plating designs. I like Continue →

Regency Household: Library Sofa

By Anne | June 8, 2018 - 10:04 am |June 22, 2018 Regency Household

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This sofa appeared in A Collection of Designs for Household Furniture and Interior (1805) as part of a collection of furniture plates.

Regency Reader Questions: The Withdrawing Rooms

By Anne | January 20, 2018 - 7:53 am |February 20, 2018 Regency Culture and Society, Regency Customs, Regency Household, Regency Reader Questions

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Ground plans of two manor homes circa Regency

In a follow up from my post/questions about bathroom habits of Regency people, and expanding on an earlier post about cloak rooms and withdrawing Continue →