by Karen Nyenhuis | Apr 5, 2024 | A Miniature Colonial House, Historical Clothing
Women’s Fashion: Georgian or Regency? The easiest way to tell Georgian, or late eighteenth century, from Regency, or early nineteenth century, women’s fashion apart is by the waistline. Georgian waistlines sat at the hip, often with a point just below the navel....
by Karen Nyenhuis | Apr 1, 2024 | A Miniature Colonial House, Historical Clothing
Men’s Fashion: Georgian or Regency? The term Georgian refers to time when the first four King Georges reigned in England, from 1714 to 1820. The term Regency refers to the time when King George IV was declared unfit to rule and England was ruled by the Prince Regent,...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Mar 30, 2024 | Early Scandinavia
We live on the site of an early American farmstead in the central Midwest. The first settler to the area was in 1802, and the first lots were sold in 1854. I found a patch of naturalized daffodils in the large woodland that has been undisturbed since the farmstead...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Mar 30, 2024 | A Miniature Colonial House
This house is an American colonial set in New York in 1780. My mother has fine art and design degrees from Stanford and Parsons circa 1955 and patterned her houses after period paintings. I’m not sure which piece she used for this house. The two inch by three...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Mar 22, 2024 | A Miniature French Chateau
Regency Children’s Fashion. Boys wore breeches and short coats. Girl wore muslin dresses, plain or decorated with lace and ribbon. When a girl reached marriageable age, her hems would be lowered to conceal the ankles. The parlor table is from Bespaq Fine...
