At what is our heroine seated? Perhaps a single-drawer painted table and ~1770 Cabriolet chair:
September 16, 2009
September 14, 2009
Regency: Hall of Portraits
So you’ve got portraits or landscapes or paintings of some flavor hanging in your hero or heroine’s 18th century or Regency England house. How might the frames be hung?
Here’s one way:
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September 11, 2009
Regency: Reading/Writing Desk
Wooden desk (secretary) handcrafted ~1745. (Technically: Paris, France. Louis XV)
This piece of furniture was in the hotel Lebas de Courmant.
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September 9, 2009
Regency: Secretary (desk)
Wooden desk (secretary) handcrafted ~1755. (Technically: Paris, France. Louis XV)
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September 7, 2009
Regency Era Bookcases
Technically, made in Paris ~1730, circa Louis XV. As seen in the Musee Carnavalet:
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September 4, 2009
Regency: Clock, Mirror, Mantle
Perhaps your heroine’s house in Regency England might have a fireplace with a clock, mirror, and/or mantle like this:
(as seen at Musee Carnavalet)
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June 12, 2009
Regency Chairs
Miscellaneous Regency-era Chairs. The red one is a 1750 marquise chair.
(Technically: Paris, France. ~1750 Louis XV)
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June 5, 2009
Regency: Chests & Secretaries (desks)
Regency-era desks (secretaries) and chests of drawers.
Technically: Paris, France. 1745-1770, Louis XV.
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May 29, 2009
Regency Night Table
Regency-era night table. (Technically: Paris, France. ~1745 Louis XV)
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May 22, 2009
Regency: Velvet Chair
Regency era velvet “fauteuil a la reine” chair. (Technically: Paris, France. ~1750 Louis XV)
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