Month: July 2016

Looks What’s Brewing in the Regency

• Regency Riding Habits
  In my last post I talked about the difference between morning gowns and walking costumes and other “informal” types of dress. Today we’re going to take a peek at riding habits. Habits are something you’re probably all familiar with, at … Continue reading →

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Looks What’s Brewing in the Regency

• A Story in Pictures
  THIS coat. He was out walking. That’s all. A little moody and sad because his favorite uncle died about a year ago and left him dukedom and loads of money. But never mind that. It’s cold and he’s out walking. … Continue reading →
• Audley End – From Jacobean Splendor to Taxidermied Birds
  “The rooms are high and hung with beautiful tapestries […] [and] the staircases are built with peculiar comfort: after every five steps there is a landing so that one can rest and does not get out of breath.” Johann Ernst … Continue reading →

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Looks What’s Brewing in the Regency

• Regency shop windows
  The above caricature shows a printseller/publisher’s shop window with what mostly appears to be books on display. Windows with lots of small panes were popular in Regency storefronts for at least two reasons (maybe more—I’m not sure how good the … Continue reading →
• Visiting Sotterley Plantation, MD
  I went on a field trip yesterday with a bunch of museum/history geeks to Sotterley Plantation, in Hollywood. (No, not that Hollywood. The one in Maryland.) It’s on the Patuxent River and is the only tidewater plantation open to the … Continue reading →

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