I love modern, streamlined design, and I think of historical objects as being “fussy” and ornate. I am probably projecting Victorian style conventions onto the whole of history! Here’s a little look through previous centuries at handsome everyday items with clean lines and very little frou-frou.
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I love old books like that… my daughter has a few gems on her shelf like that!!
you are right everything doesn’t need to be covered in frills and flowers
Hi Gill, there’s a place for that, but it’s not to my taste! Thanks for visiting.
Moralia, I worked in an old library once and spent a summer cleaning the covers of crumbling leather-bound books – I still like ’em, though!
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The Remington makes me swoon. Such beautiful lines (as with all of this collection.)
Yeah, I thought they were beautiful – and looked historic even when they were new.
We used to have typing as a school subject – not on Remingtons but still on old-style typewriters! It was great though – we all learnt to touch-type in Year 8!