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Egyptian Revival Architecture

What is Egyptian Revival Architecture? Egyptian Revival is an architectural style that uses the motifs and imagery of ancient Egypt. It is attribu...

from the pages of Ackerman's Repository of the Arts and Literature, 1816

Perhaps Jane wrote parts of her upcoming novel, Emma (1815) at a desk like this one...

Elinor sat down to her lady's drawing table as soon as he was out of the house, busily employed herself the whole day, neither sought nor avoi...

Fashionable Furniture from Ackermann's Repository

A popular Young Lady's Pastime

"I cannot comprehend the neglect of a family library in such days as these."