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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 →

Regency Fashion: Evening Dresses

By Anne | February 2, 2018 - 6:45 am |February 8, 2018 Regency Fashion

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From February 1808 edition of The Lady’s Monthly Museum. The descriptions are brief for this collection of three gowns, but the accessories suggest an evening Continue →

Regency Customs: A Receipt for Courtship

By Anne | January 18, 2018 - 8:15 am |January 30, 2018 Regency Culture and Society, Regency Customs

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This 1805 caricature of courtship gives a simple recipe for love and marriage (by Lurie & Whittle of Fleet Street): Two or three dears, and Continue →