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Auction houses [ Trade ]
… Garden and later on flourished in the West End and Pall Mall, completing their transition from commercial venues to fashionable haunts. 1 . Mascha Hansen, 'Introduction', in Sebastian Domsch and Mascha Hansen (eds.), British … 1, 1996), p. 31–51. Connections across the social divide The auction room sociability was two-fold – both commercial and fashionable. It was a professional hub that enabled transactions across social divides between collectors and art … bids between buyers. 8 . Letter of John Ive, July 29th 1772, Lewis Walpole Library MSS4 Series 1, Box: 1, Folder: 18. Fashionable Pall Mall The auction house as a venue concentrated the crowd during viewing days and sale days in a show of …
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The Spectator, No. 49 (26 April 1711) [ Places ]
… another for their Vestments. I have observed that the Superiority among these proceeds from an Opinion of Gallantry and Fashion: The Gentleman in the Strawberry Sash, who presides so much over the rest, has, it seems, subscribed to every …
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Covent Garden [ Institutions ]
… century, the flight of the aristocracy and gentry from the square accelerated, as they moved west to newer, more fashionable suburban developments like Mayfair. The last titled resident probably quit the area in 1757. The market …
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Coffeehouses [ Institutions / Food & Drink venues ]
… Public meetings, harangues, resolutions, and the rest of the modern machinery of agitation had not yet come into fashion. Nothing resembling the modern newspaper existed. In such circumstances, the coffee houses were the chief organs …
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