Regency Culture and Society: 10 Maxims for Life by a Lady

More life lessons from A Treatise on Politeness, etc (1813). The next ten are below. If you are catching up, we presented the first 10 Maxims here. And Continue
More life lessons from A Treatise on Politeness, etc (1813). The next ten are below. If you are catching up, we presented the first 10 Maxims here. And Continue
This month, we feature almost the opposite of last month’s Gastronome: De Chasse. This winded up beauty was unstarched, dark green or “dead leaf” (feuille Continue
These plates and descriptions appeared in the December 1805 issue of The Lady’s Monthly Museum. The veil and the muff present a conundrum for any Continue
The Art of Tying the Cravat: Demonstrated in Sixteen Lessons (1828). Apparently, the ideal cravat style for a man with health issues, the Gastronome gives Continue