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Assembly rooms [ Sports & Leisure / Associational culture / Dance, Music & Songs ]
… 1722), vol II, p. 41. Assembly rooms typically had a few central rooms, including a ballroom, tearoom, and rooms for playing cards. Early definitions of ‘assemblies’ were very basic, expanding over the course of the century to designate … as ‘a stated and general meeting of the polite persons of both sexes; for the sake of conversation, gallantry, news, and play’. 5 The assembly rooms were spaces for balls, concerts, card parties, and other entertainments in which any …
Assemblies | Community | Dance | Entertainement | Leisure | Music | Politeness | Women
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William and Emma Hamilton [ Aristocracy / Travel ]
Dance | Diplomacy | Entertainement | Grand Tour | Italy | Travel
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Touch and sociability [ Communication ]
… former figure prominently. With this group his comments often concern their response to his attempt to kiss them. While playing at cards at his brother’s he noted: ‘I sat next to Mrs Lloyd, with whom I talked and even kissed her every now … is essentially passive, but that might be signal enough. 9 . Although this might be emphasized by women novelists and playwrights – and largely ignored by many male writers – see for example how Sterne depicts Yorick’s encounter with the … issue of virginity but had become a complex social performance marked by a range of signs that amounted to a public display of purity. The battles over women’s hands, and over the kiss, were clearly unequal in physical terms. Women had to …
Conduct | Conventions | Dance | Gender | Kissing | Propriety | Touch
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Buckles [ Clothing & Fashion ]
… Because they were small, metallic and detachable, they offered opportunities for decoration and the ostentatious display of wealth. The finest buckles were adorned with diamonds, which glistened in the candlelight and made a big … be seen in black and in fairly uniform styles. The buckle therefore offered a small but conspicuous opportunity for display. The buckled shoe became central to the dress ensemble of the eighteenth century. Patrician men dressed in their … which was a particular sign of male beauty. 1 One gentleman was known for his ‘handsome foot and ancle’, which he displayed to the greatest advantage with ‘the most brilliant and costly buckles’: 1 . Karen Harvey, ‘Men of Parts: Masculine …
Consumption | Dance | Shoes
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