Author: Muriel Schmidt

According to Artsy, strands of hair were braided into bracelets, molded into loops to create floral patterns, and ground up for pigments. How is hair art made? Hair art is created using a variety of techniques; it can be braided, macramé-d, molded, and wired, or chopped into pieces and pasted down like a painting. Coloring […]

A hair receiver is a small pot, typically made of ceramic, bronze, or crystal, with a hole in the lid, kept on the dressing table in the Victorian era to store hair removed from brushes and combs. What did people use hair receivers? Hair receivers were common on the dressing tables of women from the […]

Servants wore turned up collars with a plain necktie or cravat and a crisp, white shirt. Plain, dark coloured waistcoats were worn by all the menservants and were usually a cast-off from the master. Trousers can be either long or short, tucked into socks or cut off and elasticated at the knee. What would servants […]

Hair jewelry was common, too—and not just the kind of locket that Queen Victoria wore. It could be a brooch, or a pendant with hair woven in the middle, or even a bracelet of hair. In its heyday, hair jewelry was considered both sentimental and fashionable. What is a Victorian hair wreath? Victorian hair wreaths […]

While slavery was abolished in the British Empire on 1 August 1834, only children under the age of six were freed immediately under the terms of the 1833 Emancipation Act. All other former slaves were bound as ‘apprentices,’ where they continued to work without pay for their former owners. When was slavery officially legal? Constitution […]

Accordingly, young children could be sent to an adult prison. There are records of children aged 12 being hanged. The Victorians were very worried about crime and its causes. Were children executed in the Victorian era? In reality, death sentences bestowed on children were almost always commuted to lesser sentences on the grounds of leniency. […]

Period features refer to the original fixtures of a property that remain in place today. Period features often include: Ornate fireplaces. Decorative wood or tiled flooring. What are the main features of a Victorian house? Defining features of a Victorian home Steep, gabled roofs. Round angles. Towers, turrets and dormers. Shapeley windows, especially bay windows. […]

But while their ancestors achieved this ideal with deadly mixtures (some of which were still around in the Victorian age), the Victorians painted their faces with zinc oxide, a white mineral powder. What did Victorians use on their face? To keep the face fresh, she advises coating the face with opium overnight, followed by a […]

1837-. As the name suggests, Victorian morality is defined as “the distillation of the moral views of people living during the time of Queen Victoria’s reign (1837-1901), the Victorian era, and of the moral climate of Great Britain in the mid-19th century in general.” What is the Victorian code of morality? During the Victorian era, […]

Named after the nearby Victoria Street (not the Queen), the main line station is a terminus of the Brighton Main Line to Gatwick Airport and Brighton and the Chatham Main Line to Ramsgate and Dover via Chatham. Who founded Victoria Station? The LBCSR’s side of the station, designed by their engineer Robert Jacomb Hood, was […]