The Regency Edit - The Bath Season

** This box will be ready to begin shipping at the beginning of October**

Welcome to our fourth Regency Edit box!

The Regency Edit - The Bath Season 

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The colours of the box will be - rich purples, jade and bottle greens, hints of deepest blue and a little gentle ochre to represent Bath stone. 

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Our fourth Regency Edit box takes you to the season in Bath. 

'Dress was her passion. She had a most harmless delight in being fine; and our heroine's entree into life could not take place till after three or four days had been spent in learning what was mostly worn, and her chaperone was provided with a dress of the newest fashion.'

- Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey -

For the wealthy in Regency times, the season and extended visits to Bath and London were part of the social year. Houses were rented for a couple of months at a time and people decamped for sometimes weeks at a time. Many went for their health and the spas were a great draw. For many it was the place to be seen. 

The Assembly Rooms were full of elegant dresses and dainty bonnets. These rooms are a delightful aspects of one of my favourite Jane Austen novels - Northanger Abbey. Catherine Morland - our heroine -  stays with Mr and Mrs Allen, in Bath...

'Mrs. Allen was so long in dressing that they did not enter the ballroom till late. The season was full, the room crowded, and the two ladies squeezed in as well as they could... With more care for the safety of her new gown than for the comfort of her protegee, Mrs. Allen made her way through the throng of men by the door, as swiftly as the necessary caution would allow;..'

- Northanger Abbey -

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The slimmer dresses of the Regency style meant that ladies now carried little pouches called reticules (also known as ridicules), rather than the pockets worn in the past.

The little pouches would contain among other things calling cards and money.

I thought it would be fun to include a simple, pretty little handmade drawstring pouch in the box along with a few fabrics for your slow stitching.

YOUR BOX WILL CONTAIN:

100g skein

3 x 20g mini skeins

Small handmade drawstring pouch (no boxed bottom)

Small slow stitch bundle

5 x 3g hand dyed silk threads

A fragrant tealight

A 125g French soap

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 The Regency Edit Box - The Bath Season will be ready to begin shipping at the beginning of October xx

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