Welcome to the
Fourth
Victoria – A Return to Loveliness
Blog Party!
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FAVORITE THINGS
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Has been a part of Victoria from the very first issue.
Included were a variety of places, artwork, collectibles and things that were connected by a theme or a topic.
Here are a few examples of some of the very first
FAVORITE THINGS
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Victoria Magazine often featured white in decorations and fashion; Hyde Park's Crystal Palace
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| cherubs accentuate a lovely old time piece. |
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Laura Ashley Writing Papers, White candles; filigree on a church; Sissy Nash
girl's fashion; decorating cakes and doilies |
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sprinkled with Forget-Me-Nots a porcelain music box; silk and lace
slippers and negligee; Hickory/Kaylyn chair; stationery; Helen M. Turner's
"Flower Girl" and "Wildflowers of America" inspired walpaper |
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antique porcelain plates; lace collars with collectible for-get-me-not brooches;
precut Gazebo kit; first Flower Show - Philadelphia. |
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| Water Colors: a delicately painted Hepplewhite chair; blue green colors in a tablesetting; fish and shell plates |
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muted colors in a slip-covered chair; Sunday brunch in bed; a chest painted to reflect a summer's morning;
photo by Lila Raymond of a pond; simpler patterns reflect summer's temperatures. |
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| Laura Ashley's Bridal Lace reflects the "Snow White" Favorite Things |
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usually reserved for warmer weather a hammock is decked out with a picnic nearby in
the cool winter months. |
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F. Schumacher celebrated 100th anniversayr with "Cabbage Roses; chocolate and roses; roses reflected in
Hampshire Rose" Chintz; Christian Dior china depicting stripes and roses |
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Fresh Picked: a graceful Victorian Style bench; Herendon's vine-handled "Fruit and Flowers" ; traditional
English cabinetry; a country table; painting of "Tangerines"; chair slip-covered in "Orchard" fabric by
Laura Ashley and stationery by Tiffany |
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| Vivd needlepoint designs by Kaffe Fassett from the book, "Glorious Needlepoint". |
