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Victorian Courtship - fans #91
Posted by Viv Wilson on 27th February 2025 in Growing Up In Stately Home | hoar cross hall spa hotel,barons eden,History,victorian era,Social history,Fan,Amazon,my dad bought a mansion,Duvelleroy,Queen Victoria,Fanology,Kiss,Marriage,Love,Valentine Day,Tuileries Palace
....... Kiss me
Open wide …………………………………….............. Wait for me
In the early 1800s, the fan was losing popularity as a fashion accessory but was soon brought back into fashion due to its use in a single dance at a Ball given by the Duchess de Berry at the Tuileries Palace in France in 1829. The aristocracy could be very influential in those times and clearly this helped launch the fan anew. Also, in the 1850s the French fan maker Duvelleroy, the official fan supplier to Queen Victoria, published a leaflet explaining the language of fans to the masses in England and some say this...
What the Butler Saw! #38
Posted by Viv Wilson on 28th February 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Belgrave Square,London,servants ball,Christmas,Lincolnshire,Butler,Footman
...WHAT THE BUTLER SAW! Anyone who’s seen Downton Abbey will remember Carter the butler. He is exactly how a butler would have been in the 19th century and, strangely enough, the butler at the Hall during the early part of the 20th century was also called Carter!
Although most big houses had a house steward who was in charge of accounts and general running of the household, a butler was more commonly engaged by the wealthy. He was usually a grand, authoritarian figure, commanding respect and awe and most of the servants would have been scared to death of upsetting him! He was dressed like a gentleman of the period and generally ran the household with an...