Blogs1 - 10 of 22 recent posts for tag:"1820s"
11
Sep
2009
Period pattern class: Regency!

57 days ago by Rachel E. Pollock - La Bricoleuse

Period pattern class is up and running this fall, and will encompass the 19th century through fin de siecle styles. These project shots always make popular posts, so i'm excited to be able to share them again. First up, Regency & Empire styles! Lisa Raymond's project (left) is from this 1922 source ...

La Bricoleuse - labricoleuse.livejournal.com · 29 references

01
Sep
2009
Introduction to the Trumpet, pt 2

67 days ago by keira

From the long mouthpieces that the slide trumpet was known for, developed the idea of creating a separate mouthpiece for natural trumpets. The basic design for the mouthpiece during the 16th century and the 17th century was a cupped shape that had a sharp edge and a flat rim. There were different mo ...

Acoustic Musical Instruments - acousticmusicalinstruments.com · Rank: 8,905 · 172 references

03
Aug
2009
A Dose of Brillat Savarin

96 days ago by Alix

Jean-Anthelme Brillat Savarin was a French epicure (amongst other things) who lived in the late 18th and early 19th century. His famous book, whose full title is Physiologie du Got, ou Méditations de Gastronomie Transcendante; ouvrage théorique, historique et à l’ordre du jour, dédié aux Gastronomes ...

The Vintage Cookbook Trials - vintagecookbooktrials.wordpress.com · 3 references

14
Jun
2009
Start Collect Your Vintage Perfume Bottles Now!

146 days ago by Gina

While the innovative shape of today’s womens parfume bottles can be quite eye catching, not anything compares to the precision and artwork that antique perfume bottles possess. While some perfumes and scented oils were held in simple jars, the evolution of the perfume bottle has since escalated into ...

Just For Women Blog - justforwomenblog.com

03
Jun
2009
Vanity Fair

157 days ago by RatLa

The British Empire flowers; exotic India colors English imaginations. Becky Sharp, the orphaned daughter of a painter and a singer, leaves a home for girls to be a governess, armed with pluck, a keen wit, good looks, fluent French, and an eye for social advancement. Society tries its best to keep he ...

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29
May
2009
I Love Touring Paris - the Second Arrondissement

162 days ago by SauvignonBlanc

The second arrondissement is situated on the Right Bank of the Seine River. It is Paris’s smallest arrondissement, covering less than 0.4 square miles (slightly under a square kilometer). Its population is under twenty thousand, but this district provides over sixty thousand jobs, the highest job de ...

Sauvignon Blanc Wine - sauvignonblancwine.net

21
May
2009
Schwimm, Schwamm, Schwumm

170 days ago by beineckepoetry

Illustrated plates from a German primer on swimming. Carl Purkart, Vorschriften fu ̈r den Schwimmunterricht (Mu ̈nchen, 1826)

Room 26 Cabinet of Curiosities - brblroom26.wordpress.com · Rank: 49,342 · 109 references

10
May
2009
Antique Porcelain From Low Countries, Scandinavia and Switzerland

181 days ago by admin

In the 18th century, as the fashion for porcelain reached its peak, many porcelain factories were established outside Germany and France, the main centres of production. Many new factories were founded by arcanists, modellers, … » Read more >>Antique Porcelain From Low Countries, Scandinavia and Swi ...

Antique collectors - antcollectors.com · 1 reference

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