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Regency Fashions: Dresses, Caps and a Morning Neglige

By Anne | March 2, 2018 - 7:19 am |March 30, 2018 Regency Fashion

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This collection of dresses and hats appeared in the March 1806 edition of La Belle Assemblee (or Bell’s Court). The accessories really are something to Continue →

Regency Pastimes: Tambour Work

By Anne | February 24, 2018 - 7:02 am |March 6, 2018 Regency Pastimes

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The young lady’s book: a manual of elegant recreations, exercises, and pursuits, 1829 Tambour work would have been the quick, easiest form of embroidery to Continue →

Regency Fashion: Muslin Patterns for 1818

By Anne | February 18, 2018 - 10:31 am |March 2, 2018 Regency Fashion

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These muslin patterns were printed in the February 1818 issue of Ackermann’s Repository.

Regency Culture and Society: Valentine’s and Puzzle Purses

By Anne | February 14, 2018 - 10:35 am |February 20, 2018 Regency Culture and Society

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Puzzle purses were one way lovers could exchange “Valentines” as early as the 1700s. Constructed from paper folded in intricate origami style, each panel would Continue →