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Troubled and Unhappy: The Dreaded Task of Doing Laundry in the Mid-Nineteenth Century

Posted on February 2, 2024 by mansionmusings

Women in the nineteenth century apparently did everything they could to avoid doing laundry. Some people—especially city dwellers—sent their washing out for others to do. Families who could afford it employed domestic servants for such things. Even some servants looking … Continue reading →

Posted in Mansion Musings | Tagged 19th-century basements in America, 19th-century domestic servants, Basement laundries in 19th-century houses, Catharine E. Beecher, cleaning, Cobblestones in basement floor, Eliza Leslie, Irish domestic servants, Ironing in the 19th century, Kitchen ironing settees, Laundresses in 19th -century America, laundry, Laundry in 19th-century America, Laundry in the 19th century, Laundry practices in 19th-century America, laundry-room, Making lye soap, Monday laundry day, Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher, Robert Bartow and Maria Lorillard family, Soapmaking in the 19th century, Washerwomen in the 19th century | 1 Comment

The Latest Fashion: An 1840s Dress Tells All

Posted on February 4, 2019 by mansionmusings

Around 1840, there was a fashion reaction after women grew tired of the huge sleeves, broad shoulders, big bonnets, and sometimes outlandish hairstyles of the previous decade. It was time for a change. An 1840s silk dress in Bartow-Pell’s collection … Continue reading →

Posted in Mansion Musings | Tagged 1840s accessories, 1840s corsets, 1840s dress construction, 1840s dresses, 1840s fashion, 1840s fashion plates, 1840s hairstyles, Catharine Beecher, Chemisettes, corset busks, Dress trimmings in the 1840s, Eliza Leslie, Extreme corsets 1840s, Fawn-colored silk, French influence on 1840s American fashions, Historical influences on 1840s fashion | 1 Comment

Cheerful and Bright (and Smoky): Staying Warm in 19th-Century American Homes

Posted on November 15, 2018 by mansionmusings

Stories about the effects of cold weather in the 19th century are plentiful. Ink sometimes froze. Pitchers cracked and broke overnight when the water in them turned to ice. Bitterly cold wind made its way through poorly sealed windows and … Continue reading →

Posted in Mansion Musings | Tagged Albany and Troy stove industry, Andirons, Anthracite, Box stoves, Bright coal fire, Cast-iron stoves, Catharine Beecher, Cheerful wood fire, Coal, Coal grates, Coal trade, Cold weather in the 19th century, Column parlor stoves, Domestic hearth, Eliza Leslie, Family circle, Fireplaces, Firewood in the 19th century, Firewood trade, Godey's, Greek Revival, Home heating in the 19th century, Honore Daumier, Lighting fires in the 19th century, Parlor stoves, Wood and coal fires | 3 Comments

What’s a Girl to Do? Nineteenth-Century Lifestyle Guides for Young Ladies

Posted on July 30, 2016 by mansionmusings

To quote pop star Cindi Lauper, “Girls just want to have fun,” and it was often the same in the nineteenth century. Plus ça change, as they say. There were just a lot more rules back then. And let’s not … Continue reading →

Posted in Mansion Musings | Tagged Eliza Leslie, Emily Thornwell, Etiquette manuals, Jenny Lind, Louisa Tuthill, Mrs. John Farrar, Nineteenth-century young ladies, Women's Education | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: Eliza Leslie

Troubled and Unhappy: The Dreaded Task of Doing Laundry in the Mid-Nineteenth Century

The Latest Fashion: An 1840s Dress Tells All

Cheerful and Bright (and Smoky): Staying Warm in 19th-Century American Homes

What’s a Girl to Do? Nineteenth-Century Lifestyle Guides for Young Ladies

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