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Greek Revival

The Helen Of Troy Theory

May 28, 2009

(Continuation from Part I and Part II)
I’ve been talking a lot about Jenny Lind lately and here’s the impetus for my resurgent interest in solving the mystery of who the carved-arm females are meant to depict:

The owner of the sofa had recently put it up for sale on Ebay and an intriguing story came with [...]

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Egyptian Revival Mirror – Or, Is It Actually Grecian Revival?

May 22, 2008

Well, congratulations Rare Victorian readers. In a few days we’ve basically wiped out the Internet’s supply of Victorian Detail books from several sellers. Those of you who nabbed one, you won’t be disappointed. I’m hoping there are other great books out there that I haven’t yet discovered.
As for this mirror above, the [...]

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