Scandalous Siblings Series Books 1-3 Historical romance with science, history and mystery. #histrom #Regencyromance. #mystery #VictorianRomance #ReadARegency https://books2read.com/suziloveDS
Continue reading →After the French Revolution, the fussy styles previously affordable only by the very wealthy were replaced with ideas of simplicity in dress, behavior, and decorating. The neoclassic style was adopted and carried through the Napoleonic War years, partly because of Napoleon Bonaparte’s love of anything Greco-Roman. The Empire silhouette copied the chiton worn by the Greeks and Romans. The chiton was a tubular garment draped from the shoulders and sometimes … Continue reading →
1809 Women’s Fashions: Dresses, Shawls, Hats and Jewelry. #Regency #JaneAusten #Fashionhttps://books2read.com/SuziLoveFashionWomen1805-1809
Continue reading →1810 Cotton And Silk Dress With An Embroidered Hem, American. #Regency #Fashion 1810 Dress, American. Cotton and silk Empire style, high-waisted, dress. Short puffed sleeves and with a two layer frilled and embroidered hem. This dress shows the typical Empire silhouette of a tubular garment draped from the shoulders and sometimes belted, or tied with a ribbon, beneath the bust. The Empire period fell between the 18th Century and the … Continue reading →
1800 White Muslin Dress, European. Empire style, high-waisted dress of light weight cotton, with softly falling gathered long skirt and with a train. via Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, USA. collections.lacma.org The type of dress worn across Europe in the early 1800s. This sort of high-waisted dress would have been worn by Jane Austen and her contemporaries in England. The Empire waist gown defined women’s fashion during the … Continue reading →
Wedding ring customs that originated in long ago history. #weddings #Customs #history
Continue reading →Medical History. Images from historical surgery and hospital treatments after surgery. 1818 Elements of Surgery. Via Google Books (PD-200) All these images can be found on my Pinterest board for History – Medical. In Jane Austen’s times, medical problems were mainly dealt with in the home. A surgeon or apothecary might be called but the care of the patient and administering medications and treatments was the family’s responsibility, possibly with the … Continue reading →
