A quiet room of drawers, fragments, pigments, threads, and forgotten stories. Some things here are true, some are rumoured, some are simply curious. Open a drawer, follow a clue, linger over an object — the Parlour rewards slow looking.
Drawer No. 1 The Apothecary
Pigments, dyes, strange materials, colour lore.
Drawer No. 2 The Haberdashery
Threads, tools, stitches, textile curiosities.
- True or Not? This Tiny Mechanism Changed the Pace of Home Sewing
- True or Not? The Sewing Machine Made Women’s Lives Easier.
- True or Not? Did Victorian Women Stitch Secret Messages into Their Clothes?
Drawer No. 3 The Archive
Local history fragments, documents, objects, ephemera.
- True or Not? Victorian Women Were Often Diagnosed with “Disorders” That Were Really Emotional Overwhelm
- True or Not? PCOS & Facial Hair During the Victorian & Edwardian Era
- True or Not? — Victorian Menstruation
- True or Not? Cleanliness & Women’s Health
- True or Not? Adaptation – A Quiet Line Through Time
Drawer No. 4 The Curiosity Cabinet
Oddities, myths, Victorian and Edwardian lore.
- True or Not? Tea Leaves & Women’s Intuition – Tasseography as a Domestic Ritual
- True or Not? Risqué Ankles
Drawer No. 5 The Work Table
Projects, restoration, behind‑the‑scenes.
Drawer No. 6 The Studio
Inspiration gathered from elsewhere — the visual threads that feed the work.
Background Image credit: Annie Spratt via Unsplash