edwardian era

This is a random one - but what would a proper Edwardian lady (such as our first class women passengers) keep on her dressing table. I'm thinking lots of silver and cut glass perfume bottles! Any ideas? DP

I thought this might be the best place to put this thread. I was wondering if nicknames were a common fashion back in the Edwardian Age. One case I know of is Douglas Spedden calling his nurse Muddie Boons. Was this a unique case or did it happen quite often? If so, what was a common...

I was wondering if anyone knows how a pregnant woman in 1912 would have behaved? Would she have hid in her home during the last months of pregnancy, or would she have thrown on her cutest maternity dress and gone to the market? Did maternity clothes exist then? Was it considered taboo to show...

I wasn't certain where to put this so I decided here if not move it.She has two books one is The Edwardian Modiste: 85 Authentic Patterns With Instructions, Fashion Plates, and Period Sewing Techniques and the other The Voice of Fashion: 79 Turn-Of-The Century Patterns With...

This is something that has been bothering me for a long time ever since a person said that the Titanic ''wasn't a big deal'', ''okay, it wasn't as a big deal as it was'' and that ''it didn't do anything ''significant'' for history''. Now, my question, is the Titanic significant to history? A lot...

The British have discovered a remarkable collection of short films depicting real life in Edwardian times. They are in exceptional condition, as they are the original negatives, not the positives that have been worn by repeated use. Nothing on Titanic, but some shipyards are shown. For the...

http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/C/countryhouse/edwardianlife/

Before 1914 what were the films that were popular in the Edwardian time.

Thanks for the link on "Victorian Lace". Was there much of the afternoon. Really enjoyed the link for the "babies" page. Reminded me of a story I was told as a young child. My grandma stayed in bed for a week after birth, like she was told, and nearly died from a blood clot. Anyhow, back to...

Well, as much as I didn't want to admit that I need help, I do! I have pummeled the poor unsuspecting Randy Bigham to death. (But gracious thanks are certainly in order!) Thanks to his help I have the name for the flowery stuff I am attracted to... "CHINTZ!" I thought I was going mad! Now it has...

Wonder if someone more versed in Edwardian popular slang could help me with this one? I don't know if its use was widespread or confined to the merchant service, but I'd like a more precise definition of a phrase used by one of the Titanic's officers in his pre-WSL days. He mentioned that as the...

The ABC has just started screening The Edwardian Country House, in which modern people recreate life in a large luxury home of 1905. The house includes all the modern conveniences of the day, as it really was built in 1905, with electric light, telephone and so forth. It's interesting to...

I am writing a story that takes place in 1924. One scene is at the dinner table. Could someone please tell me where people sat? In it there are several noblemen and women. A countess and a Viscount among them. Where did they sit at a table.

To All, I'm wondering about historical dates... When did the Gilded Age begin and end according to the history books? The same with the Edwardian Age. Is the Gilded Age just the American version of the Edwardian Age, and is it generally considered that the Victorian Era died with Queen...

I have noticed many Titanic buffs are in love with the Christopher Reeve/Jane Seymour time travel love tale "Somewhere in Time. It was set in 1912, i think a few months after Titanic sank. I have been told there are many paralels between the Cameron Titanic film and Somewhere in Time. Is there...

Okay, for those familier with the gastronomical delights served up during the Edwardian era, I noticed that the menus for sterrage oftem offered something called "Gruel" I'll probably regret asking, but what exactly is "gruel"??? Cordially, Michael H. Standart

I saw the photos from Liza Minnelli's recent wedding and thought her wedding gown may have been inspired by Titanic's era. The sleeves, and train, especially, seemed Edwardian to me. Is it possible, that she could be "one of us," or am I just trying too hard to find a Titanic link everywhere?

Merry Christmas. I saw in the 1970 reprint of the Shipbuilder for the Aquitania that a Glaswegian Architect, James Miller designed he sumptuous interiors. I think they may have been conceived with going one up on the Olympic and Titanic as things like the Egyptian swimming pool are just...