by Karen Nyenhuis | Apr 5, 2024 | A Miniature Colonial House
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
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...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Mar 30, 2024 | A Miniature Colonial House
Dutch Colonial House 1780 This house is an American colonial set in New York in 1780 and was built from 1990 to 2000. My mother has fine art and design degrees from Stanford and Parsons and created a series of historical dollhouses in her later years, which were...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Mar 6, 2024 | Just Knud Qvigstad, Sami History, Tales from Sapmi
Giants in Sami Folk Tales One in a series on the rich storytelling tradition of the Sami. For the next post in the series, click here — Fishing Two stories in Just Qvigstad’s Contes de Laponie illustrate that giants in the stories of the Sami were nocturnal and...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Feb 23, 2024 | Just Knud Qvigstad, Sami History, Tales from Sapmi
The Halde in Sami Folk Tales One in a series on the rich storytelling tradition of the Sami. For the next post in the series, click here — Sacred Stones The glossary in Just Qvigstad’s book, Contes de Laponie, indicates that the Halde are invisible spirits. In...
