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1750 Allan Ramsay - Portrait of Mrs Morris, widow of Colonel Morris of Purcefield Park
(Philip Mould & Company)
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also adding onto that when people on here are like Did Nobody Pay Attention During History Class? the obvious answer is No, We Did Not Because We We’re Kids/Teenagers and Who Pays Attention In Class???
I'm still not sure if I love or hate this maple...
Some of the grain planes beautifully... and other makes me feel like I'm fighting for my life. But I'm getting some lovely long and fine shavings from planing these blanket chest legs, and have to keep stopping to admire and to give my still sick lungs a break.
All that said, I'm on the last leg and tomorrow some of my panels for the sides of the chest will be sawed and Friday planed, so if I can stay not sick and do good work, I might have this chest done by the end of the month!
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Barford Park, Somerset.
Photographed by Freddie Ardley
Source: instagram.com
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1720 William Gandy - Thomas Brown
(Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery)
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Birth and Baptismal certificate for Eliesabeth Konig, 1801, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
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The most wretched tragedy is that we let those 18th century ponytails with bow ties for men get out of style
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I always thought that “woman pulls something out of her cleavage” was really just sort of a cliche historically
But nope
I’m reading this incredibly niche book about the history of pockets, and there is a picture of a pair of stays from the 18th century that someone sewed a giant pocket inside of
It was apparently a big thing for women who wanted to keep their money safe or to steal it off of other people and hide it quickly
INCREDIBLE
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I can't stop reading the 1793 third edition of "A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue" (originally published 1785). I have been irritating all my friends and coworkers with fun new terms like "That's the barber!" and "He looks like God's revenge against murder."
Anyway, Ash talked me into drawing some of the phrases and I ended up with these little mid-1780s Londoners.
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The Three Witches from Macbeth by Daniel Gardner, 1775.
I got some nice photos taken of my newly built toolchest today (so our shop can document more about our builds) and part of me was feeling really anxious about all its imperfections being recorded forever. But also it was a good time to remind myself that even with imperfections, I built something I'd never made before. I learned a lot while building it and if I built a new one exactly like it right now, I'd do better. Really, it's the paint that's the worst offender in my eyes and that happens to be the most obvious thing because it's covering everything else up.
Anyway, I'm proud of it and I'll keep practicing and improving.
I've been trying to reorganize my sewing/crafting table recently. I don't have the means to do any woodworking at home, so I bought a little wooden crate and wooden tabletop set of drawers with the intention of painting them. After some debating with myself, I think I'm going to try my hand at recreating 18th and early 19th century Pennsylvanian Dutch motifs. I love the blue that is often used as a background, as well as the common elements of tulips, vines, stars, and hearts. I also love that its a style that does not require perfection in its execution. Symmetry is part of the design, but many examples are clearly handpainted and not every element is 100% identical. Some use stencils, which i might try to make later.
I collected a lot of images on Pinterest and many don't have good references with them, so I'm sorry I can't properly credit some of these, but unlike my day job, I don't need to point to an exact date, place, and collection to like the design and be inspired by it.
So here are some of my favorite pieces that I think are a great look at late Colonial and early Federal painted furniture of Pennsylvania and Virginia:
From the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, dated 1795:
From the Met, dated c. 1780:
From Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, dated 1800-1820:
From the Philadelphia Museum of Art, dated 1776:
From a 2017 auction catalog, early 19th century:
Also from the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, dated 1720-1740:
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My entire personality is just summed up in that one line from Pirates of Penzance, ‘I know the kings of England and I quote the facts historical’
Seriously there’s nothing else you need to know about me really
I haven't really touched this blog in a few years, as I'd started it as a history side blog, before just simplyfing back to my main, but I am considering starting to use this again to talk 18th and early 19th century shenanigans, with a focus on architecture.
I'm not sure if anyone will be instested in that much, but if you are still following and see this post let me know!
Architecture! Woodworking! Women in trades!
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Marie Jean Augustin Vestris, Thomas Gainsborough, 1781-82
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I never see memes specific to my interests, so I made a few.
Another one, because now that I’ve sewn a 1730′s suit and begun planning a 1720′s one I’ve noticed that practically NOBODY is doing those decades and I don’t understand why!!! I mean yes I adore the 1780′s and 90′s as much as anyone, and the 1770′s are fun and have magnificent hair, but doesn’t anyone else want to swan around in extra long waistcoats and enormous coat cuffs? Huge contrasting brocade coat cuffs that come up past your elbow? I sure do.
Oops, almost forgot to add my metallic thread 18th century buttonhole samples.