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Regency Household: Wine Table

By Anne | May 8, 2019 - 7:10 am |May 16, 2019 Regency Household

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The designs and description appeared in the 1835 Loudon An Encyclopaedia of Cottage, Farm and Villa Architecture and Furniture. To read more about the Peake Continue →

Regency Reader Questions: Distance and Visits

By Anne | May 4, 2019 - 8:09 am |May 24, 2019 Regency Reader Questions, Regency Travel

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Regency Reader Question How many miles apart was considered to be close proximity by most people? Would eight miles apart have been considered close enough Continue →

Regency Fashion: Walking and Half Dress (1806) for Spring

By Anne | May 2, 2019 - 6:37 am |May 16, 2019 Regency Fashion

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These gowns for Spring appeared in the May 1806 issue of La Belle Assemblee with the descriptions below. Note the popular colors are straw, pink, Continue →

Regency Crime and Punishment: Hangers On At Inns

By Anne | April 30, 2019 - 6:34 am |May 10, 2019 Regency Crime and Punishment, Regency Culture and Society, Regency Villains

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plate of children snatching a regency era ladies purse

The London Guide and Stranger’s Safeguard Against the Cheats, Swindlers, and Pickpockets (1818) describes any manner of criminals and criminal activity a visitor to Town Continue →