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Regency Reader Questions: Stays and Travelling

By Anne | May 28, 2024 - 7:55 am |June 24, 2024 Regency Reader Questions, Regency Travel

Moniker/Name Marina Source of Question Reg Rom Book Your Question Would a lady travelling still wear stays? They would be very uncomfortable on a long Continue →

Regency Fashion: The Petersham

By Anne | May 20, 2024 - 8:13 am |June 8, 2024 Regency Fashion, Regency Men

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Lloyd’s Treatise on hats (1819) This is part of a series on Gentleman’s Hats: Regency Fashion: Gentlemen’s Hats Regency Fashion: The John Bull Top Hat Regency Continue →

Regency Science and Invention: Sewing Machine

By Anne | May 10, 2024 - 7:07 am |May 27, 2024 Regency Men, Regency Science and Invention

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In 1790, Englishman Thomas Saint filed a patent (No. 1764) for a machine that did quilting, stitching, sewing, and for making clothes. Saint was a Continue →

Regency Household: Hepplewhite’s Easy Chair and Gouty Stool

By Anne | May 4, 2024 - 7:33 am |May 27, 2024 Regency Household

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These designs appeared in Hepplewhite’s The Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer’s Guide (1794). More Hepplewhite: Regency Household: Hepplewhite Designs for Chair Backs Regency Household: Hepplewhite Window Stools Continue →