The description of this table and chair immediately bring to mind Austen’s own dealings with the Prince of Wales and her Dedication of Emma. Sycophancy was the word of the day.
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Fashionable Furniture: The Library Table
Perhaps Jane wrote parts of her upcoming novel, Emma (1815) at a desk like this one…
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The Lady’s Drawing Table
Elinor sat down to her drawing-table as soon as he was out of the house, busily employed herself the whole day, neither sought nor avoided the mention of his name, appeared to interest herself almost as much as ever in the general concerns of the family; and if, by this conduct, she did not [...]
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The Regency Card Party
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