Victorian Fashion: Unmentionables, Cat’s Pajamas and NightwearI love the euphemism unmentionables. I love the irony of the word. After all, once said, they are mentionable. Imaginations must have been stirred by the mere mention of unmentionables. But beyond the intimate world of private conversation, unmentionables were described and depicted in the public sphere – in catalogs, journals…
Painted Furniture
A few years ago while driving to Cleveland, I spotted an old cabinet on the curb. It was dark but traffic was relatively light, so I shouted stop. The driver stopped- and so did our friend's who were following. In short order, the cabinet made it into the back of the pick-up truck. In the…