For those who love love love etiquette
These are all set during the Victorian, Edwardian, and 1910s periods. This is what most tableware lovers think of, when they’re looking for spectacular tableware and its placement. 1. Upstairs / Downstairs – Old To be honest this series hasn’t aged as gracefully as one would hope. The china is pretty wonderful though every now an…
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Here is a quick overview of fans, fan anatomy and styles. This is not exhaustive and is just meant to be a quick reference. Fan Types Fixed Fans As I said in my last fan post, the fixed fan was likely the earliest form of man made hand fan. The earliest of these is a…
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Anyone who loves romantic period dramas, loves the idea of a ball. It’s so fanciful, with all those lovely dresses, white tie and top hats. I covered the differences between a Ball and a Dance in an earlier post, but now let’s look at the minutia of going to a ball by planning one. Where…
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For years my mother wore a large brimmed sun hat out in the garden affixed with a hat pin. She had dozens of hats made of every conceivable type of material and she had many hatpins to match. In my twenties I began wearing hats often, so my mother gave me a couple hatpins. That began a very…
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Sometimes you need something fun and light in your life so this post is going to be about candy. Turn of the Century candy to be exact. These all came to market between 1890 and 1920 and amazingly, you can still purchase them today. I got mine from OldTimeCandy.com I’m going to be giving my…
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It really is amazing just how much staff was needed to run a country home. We’re finally leaving the main house and now we’re headed outside. Coachman/ Chauffeur The coachman is in charge of the carriages and drives the family about. In a large household the first Coachman drove two horse teams and the second coachman…
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Well, here we are at part three, did you imagine that there were so many jobs serving one house and one family? The Kitchen The kitchen was its own personal fiefdom run by a chef or cook. Often cooks and housekeepers might be at odds with one another and those political struggles could infect the…
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