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Bath Assembly Rooms
In Eighteenth century England , any town of any note had assembly rooms, for dinners and balls, but also music recitals, public meetings and lectures. Bath had two in competition with each other by mid century, but the fashions changed, people had parties with friends and they fell into decline. The surviving, upper rooms are now used for public events, with the museum of costume in the basement. The lovely Bath stone Assembly rooms I love these Chinoiserie mirrors, used as much to amplify the candle light as for their showing off the frocks. A beautiful, light airy space All set up for a big night out. Not much different to the past. This is a portrait of Christopher Anstey, author of the wonderfully satirical New Bath Guide describing characters such as Captain Cormorant. It was one of the first best sellers and made him […]
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