Late Paris fashions drift across American shores
Catherine Talbot notes Parisian couture influences arriving in America with Princess Mathilde and a bevy of French actresses. Descriptions cover hats, cloaks, and gowns in mirror velvet, chinchilla trim, and gold embroidery. The piece highlights gowns from Laferriere et Ducullier, and lavish coats, with emphasis on elegance and current trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Paris
Bent Cestellanea
Mathilde Borran
Chutes
St. Gratien
Rue Barrand
Mathilde
Fastiow
Sarah Bernhardt
Paper “Co Hire
Deen
Ordi
Rikki-Tikki-T Hat Earns Noted Fame in Millinery
A novelty hat named the Rikki-Tikki-T draws attention in town fashion. Described as cone shaped with sidewatched sections, it features brocade trim, crepe de chine, and lace accents. The design includes a lace-tuster and ruching, with brussels sleeves and bolero styling enhancing winter coats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kipling
Brussels
Dining room fashions emphasize simple elegance and practical details
The article praises cheerful simplicity in dining room design, noting a model space with a unique ceiling and movable frescoes, then outlines practical decor advice. It stresses comfortable, well-made furniture, minimal bric-a-brac, and a shift away from gaudy ornamentation toward durable, tasteful pieces reflecting a mix of period influences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ina
Improperly Readable Fish Dish Fillings and Bake Steps
A garbled historical recipe describes haddock with bread crumbs butter and chopped parsley. It instructs washing trimming fillets, melting butter, mixing eggs and seasonings, layering fish with cucumber and mushrooms, baking in buttered paper, and preparing a chicken or nut filling with cream and seasoning, all in a verbose antiquated tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laddeck
Acti
Useful Hints for the Housekeeper Page from a Pasting Tip Column
Practical domestic tips on packing to prevent creases and starch prep. Advice covers knife care with oil and paper wrapping, sachet making from lavender, mending torn tablecloths and tears with careful cross stitching, and keeping knives dry and clean. Emphasizes mending before wear to avoid holes and storing items in dry spaces.
Wedding Gift Ideas Highlight Durable Tableware
A Severishe Tetio presents a wedding gift guide featuring a silvered carver set and other novelty tableware items. The items emphasize practicality for a housekeeper and include practical, decorative pieces suitable for a new home.
Stained Katres Cleaning Instructions Fragment
Fragment describes cleaning stained Salven fruit or vinewar stains on hers rob hem after Waahting. Use freshly eat raw pytwns, dry and put on a kent board in ordinary way. Lethon tulе and will ing, mix to a soft Merle and wet rub.
Mildly Mixed Old Time Recipe From A Fragment
The text lists bread crumbs and butter with rough measurements and odd ingredients, indicating an old recipe. It describes mixing ingredients, shaping the dough, baking in a moderate oven, and serving with custard sauce. The fragmentary OCR preserves a cooking instruction tone with references to measurement errors.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jane
Athenes
Piyle
Jace Hinkee
Mousseline
Carlix
Chinchilla
Laferriere
Ducullier
Catherine Talbot
Wemun
Polst
Chippendale Peor
Anwer
China
France
England
United States
Ethel Knox
ORRAM
Diwived
Ike Weler
Abe
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!