Fashion and Fun in 1814

Visitors Since 10 June 1999

Links to Other Sites on 1814; links last verified 4/26/4; Last Update 4/30/4

See Wikipedia's 1814 Page and the 1814 Calendar; Brainy History also has a 1814 Page

See images created in 1814, such as the Print "Napoleon's Career Ladder" (Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin); See a plate from Sketches of Russia; a plate from Charles Hamilton Smith's Selections of the Ancient Costume of Great Britain and Ireland

Other sites of interest are (1) The London Beer Flood (2) Special Events in 1814 (3) The British Burn Washington, DC, 1814

Novels of 1814

Jane Austen Mansfield Park.

Mary Brunton Discipline.

Frances Burney The Wanderer.

Maria Edgeworth Patronage.

Novels Set in 1814

Caille, Julie. A Valentine's Day Fancy. New York: Zebra, 1992.

Chase, Loretta. [Loretta Chekani] Knave's Wager. New York: Avon, 1990.

Faire, Zabrina. [Florence Stevenson] Pretty Kitty. Your Warner Library of Regency Romance 23. New York: Warner Books, 1981.

Greenlea, Denice. A Friend of the Family. Coventry Romances 154. New York: Fawcett Coventry, 1981.

Heath, Sandra. Mannerby's Lady. New York: Signet, 1977.

Heland, Victoria. The Artful Cousin. New York: Jove, 1982.

Hillary, Anne. Hearts in Hiding. New York: Pinnacle, 1991.

Mansfield, Elizabeth. A Regency Charade. New York: Berkley, 1981.

Quinn, Julia. To Catch an Heiress. NY: Avon, 1998.

Reynolds, Catherine. [Catherine A. Nickens]. The Thoroughly Compromised Bride. Harlequin Regency Romance 47. NY: Harlequin, 1991.

Richards-Akers, Nancy. Lord Fortune's Prize. NY: Avon, 1993.

Roberts, Janet Louise. The First Waltz. A Candlelight Regency Special 247. New York: Dell, 1974.

Saunders, Irene. The Invincible Viscount. NY: Signet, 1989.

Thornton, Elizabeth. [Mary George]. Whisper His Name. NY: Bantam, 1999.

Trevor, Meriol. The Wanton Fires. Coventry Romances 94. NY: Fawcett Crest, 1979.

Wolf, Joan. A Double Deception. New York: Signet, 1983.

Dress of 1814 engraved by Horace Vernet

Walking Dress with Spencer, 1814

This pink satin spencer is topped with a pink and rose-stripped scarf with lace trim. The white muslin skirt has seven folded bands at the hem. The boots are a bold yellow and the gloves a lime green.

Dress of 1814 from La Belle Assemblee, or Bell's Court and Fashionable Magazine Addressed Particularly to the Ladies

Morning Dress. Since depicting nursing would be too shocking, the infant nurses not on a nipple, but on the edge of a bodice, which suggests the breast more indirectly. This sort of pink bodice was sometimes called "braces," and acted to draw attention to the breasts as well as give them extra support. This morning dress has two rouleaux of white trimming the bottom of the white muslin skirt. The collar is the popular Tudor or Elizabethan ruff.

Left: Dinner Dress of 1 Feb. 1814

Right: Detail of dinner dress

Dresses of 1814 from The Ladies' Monthly Museum

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