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1815-1818 ca. Cocoa Silk Figured Dress with Spencer In Jane Austen and Bridgerton Style. #Bridgerton #RegencyFashion #JaneAusten #historicalFashion

Posted on January 26, 2025 by Suzi LoveJanuary 19, 2025

1815-1818 ca. Cocoa Silk Figured Dress with Spencer. High-waisted, Empire style, dress with long sleeved Spencer, decorated shoulders, bodice and hem. The Bridgertons, Jane Austen, and their family and friends would have worn this style of dress and Spencer. via Whitaker Auction whitakerauction.smugmug.com Spencers were needed to cover the flimsy dresses made of lightweight fabrics of the Regency years, to provide warmth and some protection from windy conditions when the transparency of gowns might cause modesty issues. Jane Austen and her contemporaries often walked to places and so would have needed the warmth of a Spencer over her dress in the cold British winters.

Definition Spencer: Short jacket said to have originated from an accident to Lord Spencer’s coat when hunting and tails were torn off.

1815-1818 ca. Figured Dress with Spencer. High-waisted, Empire style, dress with long sleeved Spencer, decorated shoulders, bodice and hem. Definition: Spencer ~ Short jacket said to have originated from an accident to Lord Spencer's coat when hunting and tails were torn off. via Whitaker Auction whitakerauction.smugmug.com — 1815-1818 ca. Figured Dress with Spencer. High-waisted, Empire style, dress with long sleeved Spencer, decorated shoulders, bodice and hem.
Definition: Spencer ~ Short jacket said to have originated from an accident to Lord Spencer’s coat when hunting and tails were torn off. via Whitaker Auction whitakerauction.smugmug.com

1815-1818 ca. Cocoa Silk Figured Dress with Spencer In Jane Austen and Bridgerton Style. #Bridgerton #RegencyFashion #JaneAusten #historicalFashion https://books2read.com/SuziLoveFashionWomen1815-1819 Share on X

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1809 February Walking or Carriage Dress of Polanese coat and spring green Saragossa mantle. #RegencyEra #JaneAusten #HistoricalFashion

Posted on January 26, 2025 by Suzi LoveJanuary 19, 2025

1809 February Walking or Carriage Dress, English. Polanese coat, Saragossa mantle of spring green Virgnia cloth, trimmed round the edges and up the front of the coat with black velvet bindings, and edgings of gold lace. High puckered collar, confined round the throat with a gold cord and acorn tassels. Belt of black velvet, and rich gold clasp. Military cap formed of the same material, and trimmed also with black velvet and gold. Short white lace veil falling from the edge of the cap just below the chin. Half-boots of green kid or cloth, calashed and bound with black, and laced with gold cord. Fashion Plate via John Belle’s La Belle Assemblée or, Bell’s Court and Fashionable Magazine, London.

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books2read.com/SuziLoveFashionWomen1805-1809 — Fashion Women 1805-1809 History Notes Book 26 What did Jane Austen and friends wear? This book looks at early 1800s fashions, which were elegant and pretty with high waists and fabrics that were almost transparent. These Empire style gowns, named after Napoleon’s first Empress, became popular throughout Europe, and were then copied around the world. Colorful outwear was added to make an ensemble more attractive and warmer. https://books2read.com/SuziLoveFashionWomen1805-1809

1800s Cartoons For Riders At The Hunt In Bridgerton and Jane Austen Daily Lives. #Bridgerton #JaneAusten #RegencyEra #Cartoon

Posted on January 25, 2025 by Suzi LoveJanuary 19, 2025

Cartoons For Riders At The Hunt. Typical comical scenes from The Bridgertons and Jane Austen’s Daily Lives. From: 1860 Mr. Sponge’s Sporting Tour by Robert Smith Surtees. via Google Books (PD-100)

Success At The Hunt. From: 1860 Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour by Robert Smith Surtees. via Google Books (PD-100) suzilove.com — Success At The Hunt.

Riding with the hounds separates the good riders from the pretenders. From: 1860 Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour by Robert Smith Surtees. via Google Books (PD-100) suzilove.com — Success At The Hunt.

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1817 June Bridgerton and Jane Austen Style Riding Habit and Plumed Hat, English. #Bridgerton #RegencyFashion #JaneAusten #Fashion

Posted on January 24, 2025 by Suzi LoveJanuary 23, 2025

1817 June Blue Riding Costume, English. Loose riding habit with a train on the skirt, high white neck frill on the shirt underneath, and rows of decoration on the shoulders and cuffs of the habit jacket, an extra high hat with multiple plumes, or, feathers and gloves. Fashion Plate via The Lady’s Magazine Or Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex.

Male tailors made most women’s riding habits during the Regency years and they were constructed similarly to men’s riding outfits. Generally in two pieces, a jacket and a skirt, and with a shirt with a frilled collar or front opening underneath. The trains of a habit could be caught up for walking, usually with a button and loop, and unhooked and let down so that the skirt flowed over the woman’s legs when she rode side saddle. Due to the numerous wars during the early 1800s, it was seen as patriotic for women to add military style touches to outfits in support of military men. The shoulder and cuff trims resemble the epaulettes and coat trims of a military uniform.

1817 June Bridgerton and Jane Austen Style Riding Habit and Plumed Hat, English. #Bridgerton #RegencyFashion #JaneAusten #Fashion https://books2read.com/SuziLoveFashionWomen1815-1819 Share on X

18th Century Gorgeous Frock Coats and Waistcoats For Gentlemen. #GeorgianFashion #HistoricalFashion #Men

Posted on January 24, 2025 by Suzi LoveJanuary 19, 2025

18th Century Gorgeous Georgian frock coats and waistcoats for men. via The Argory, County Armagh, National Trust Collections, U.K.

Typical men’s fashion in the 1700s was a silk three piece suit. This consisted of a vest or waistcoat, a coat and breeches, Fabrics were luxurious an usually featured multi-colored embroidery and buttons, often of the same fabric. Vests were generally collarless and coats had turned over collars.

18th Century Gentlemen. Frock coats and waistcoats. via The Argory, County Armagh, National Trust Collections, U.K.

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1890-1920 ca. Sterling Silver Chatelaine With Medallion With Portraits. #VictorianEra #EdwardianEra #Chatelaine #Antique

Posted on January 23, 2025 by Suzi LoveJanuary 19, 2025

1890-1920 ca. Sterling Silver Chatelaine, England. Center Medallion With Portraits, three drops of monogrammed mesh purse, globe-shaped watch and book-shaped case. Via Augusta Auctions – augusta-auction.com

Definition

The word Chatelaine is French and means the keeper of the keys
Chatelaine” derives from the Latin word for castle
In Medieval times, the chatelaine was in charge of the day-to-day running of the castle.

What did a chatelaine do?

Most important task was keeper of the keys.
Also ordered supplies, did bookkeeping, supervised servants, taught castle children, and organized guests.

Castle keepers needed keys safe, yet easily accessible.
By 1700’s, a metal jeweled ornament hung from pockets, attached to belts, or by hooks into skirt waistbands
During 1800’s, women wore large collections of tools hung from chains
Young girls sewed and did needlework and needed to carry sewing notions eg scissors, thimbles

1890-1920 ca. Sterling Silver Chatelaine, England. Center Medallion With Portraits, three drops of monogrammed mesh purse, globe-shaped watch and book-shaped case. Via Augusta Auctions - augusta-auction.com

What were chatelaines used for?

Worn by women of all classes, from workers to nobility
Varied depending on class and finances.

Made of silver, brass, steel, leather, or fabric
During 19th century, fashionable dresses often had no waist and nowhere to hang chatelaines
Chatelaines became decorative brooches
Often given as a wedding present from a husband to bride
Later became fashion accessories

1890-1920 ca. Sterling Silver Chatelaine With Medallion With Portraits. #VictorianEra #EdwardianEra #Chatelaine #Antique books2read.com/SuziLoveChatelaines Share on X

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1815 White Dress, Pink Reticule and Green Bonnet In Jane Austen and Bridgerton Style. #Bridgerton #RegencyFashion #JaneAusten

Posted on January 23, 2025 by Suzi LoveJanuary 23, 2025

1815 White Dress and Reticule, French. White dress, green bonnet with pink trim to match the adorable pink reticule and green gloves. Fashion Plate via Journal des Dames et des Modes, or Costume Parisien. Jane Austen and her contemporaries would have worn this style of outdoor walking outfit and flowered hat.

Definition Reticule: Bag or purse, often with a drawstring to pull closed and usually made of cloth or covered cardboard and often decorated with beading or embroidery. A reticule, or purse, or handbag, was usually carried by a woman during the Regency period to carry all their daily necessities. Earlier, women used pockets that tied at the waistline and were hidden in the folds of their skirts. Empire style, or early 1800s, high-waisted dresses made it impossible to either sewn in a pocket or to tie on a pocket. So women began carrying small, decorated bags called Reticules, or ridicules, which generally pulled close at the top with a drawstring.

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1818 December Mourning Walking Dress As Worn In Bridgerton Times. #Bridgerton #RegencyFashion #Mourning

Posted on January 22, 2025 by Suzi LoveJanuary 19, 2025

1818 December Mourning Walking Dress. Round dress of black bombazine, body tight to the shape and up to the throat but without a collar, long sleeves, with white crape weepers, skirt is finished at the bottom with a broad black crape flounce, disposed in large plaits. Over this is a very narrow flounce, which is also plaited to correspond; a little above this is a third flounce, which is quilled in the middle to correspond, and the whole is surmounted by a broad band of bias crape. The spencer worn with this dress is composed of black clothing; it is cut without a seam, and ornamented with a fullness of black crape, disposed in large plaits at the bottom of the waist: a high standing collar rounded in front, made to stand out from the neck, and edged with a light trimming of black crape: long loose sleeves, finished at the hands with black crape trimming, and surmounted by epaulettes draperied with black cord and ornamented with small tassels. Head-dress, a bonnet of black crape of a moderate size; the edge of the brim is finished with a row of large hollow plaits; the crown is trimmed to correspond. A white crape frill stands up round the throat. Gloves and shoes black shamois leather. Fashion Plate via Rudolph Ackermann’s ‘The Repository of Arts’, London, U.K.

1818 December Mourning Walking Dress. A round dress of black bombazine; the body is made tight to the shape and up to the throat, but without a collar; long sleeves, with white crape weepers: the skirt is finished at the bottom with a broad black crape flounce, disposed in large plaits; over this is a very narrow flounce, which is also plaited to correspond; a little above this is a third flounce, which is quilled in the middle to correspond, and the whole is surmounted by a broad band of bias crape. The spencer worn with this dress is composed of black clothing; it is cut without a seam, and ornamented with a fullness of black crape, disposed in large plaits at the bottom of the waist: a high standing collar rounded in front, made to stand out from the neck, and edged with a light trimming of black crape: long loose sleeves, finished at the hands with black crape trimming, and surmounted by epaulettes draperied with black cord and ornamented with small tassels. Head-dress, a bonnet of black crape of a moderate size; the edge of the brim is finished with a row of large hollow plaits; the crown is trimmed to correspond. A white crape frill stands up round the throat. Gloves and shoes black shamois leather. Fashion Plate via Suzi Love ~ suzilove.com & Rudolph Ackermann's 'The Repository of Arts', London, U.K. — 1818 December Mourning Walking Dress. A round dress of black bombazine; the body is made tight to the shape and up to the throat, but without a collar. Gloves and shoes black shamois leather. Fashion Plate via Rudolph Ackermann’s ‘The Repository of Arts’, London, U.K.

1818 December Mourning Walking Dress Of Black Bombazine, English. #Bridgerton #RegencyFashion #Mourning https://books2read.com/SuziLoveFashionWomen1815-1819 Share on X

19th Century Late. Sterling Silver Five Piece Writing or Desk Set, Peru. #Writing #VictorianEra #Antiques

Posted on January 22, 2025 by Suzi LoveJanuary 19, 2025

19th Century Late. Sterling Silver Five Piece Writing or Desk Set, Peru (under German Company). Hinged cut crystal inkwell with beveled edges, wheel cut starburst at base, wax seal with blank matrix, blotter, dip pen and letter opener. Each with guilloche enamel featuring yellow rose with lush green leaves on pale blue background, trimmed with a lighter shade of blue enamel. Dip pen with allover pale blue guilloche enamel, pen nib marked 14k Gold Plated.

19th Century Late SterlingSilverFivePieceWritingorDeskSetPeru_Dippenwithpaleblueguillocheenamel_pennib14kGoldPlatedbatch.jpg ] 19th Century Late. Sterling Silver Five Piece Writing or Desk Set, Peru (under German Company). Hinged cut crystal inkwell with beveled edges, wheel cut starburst at base, wax seal with blank matrix, blotter, dip pen and letter opener. Each with guilloche enamel featuring yellow rose with lush green leaves on pale blue background, trimmed with a lighter shade of blue enamel. Dip pen with allover pale blue guilloche enamel, pen nib marked 14k Gold Plated. — 19th Century Inkstand, English. Open Drawer View.

19th Century Late. Sterling Silver Five Piece Writing or Desk Set, Peru. #Writing #VictorianEra #Antiques books2read.com/SuziLoveWritingTools Share on X

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1763 Shagreen Etui Or ancestry, English. #GeorgianEra #Antiques #Decorative

Posted on January 21, 2025 by Suzi LoveJanuary 19, 2025

1763 Shagreen Etui Or Necessaire, English. via Gould Antiques ~ gouldantiques.com

Definition Etui Or Necessaire: Small toiletry, writing, or sewing containers carried by ladies and gentlemen in vast castles or large manor houses so their essentials were always on hand. Also used when traveling, where space was always limited. Easily carried in a pocket, or bag or reticule, to use for personal grooming, sewing repairs e.g. ripped hem or missing button, to do embroidery or to write a letter.

Definition Shagreen: Type of rawhide, originally made from the back of a horse or a wild donkey. In the 18th century, the skin of a shark was used as well.

1763 Shagreen Etui Or Necessaire, English. via Gould Antiques ~ gouldantiques.com

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