Writing Time

Letter-writing was an everyday chore. Travel, meetings, orders and other practical matters were nearly always arranged in writing. Many letters from around 1900 resemble today's e-...

There are many things I cherish and bring with me every time we move. There is one small thing that really reminds me of my childhood home that I have brought with me since the fir...

Letter undated from John Bauer to Ester Ellqvist, consisting of six pages written on the front and back of two sheets of paper, the first weight. Main writing handwritten in ink, w...

Letters 1909-06-20 from Ester Bauer to John Bauer, consisting of twelve pages written on the front and back of three folded sheets of paper. Main writing handwritten in black ink. ...

Lucy de Vere was the founder and first prioress of the Benedictine nunnery of Hedingam in Essex. When she died, probably around 1225 her successor, Agnes, sent this roll -- now ove...

A man sits at a long ornate green table, writing on a white scroll with a paintbrush. He wears a plum/brown robe with a dragon design in gold and white. He wears a string of pearls...

A table of this format –with a single row of drawers and a leather writing surface –was the preferred writing desk for a gentleman in 18th-century Paris. Its curving form and fanci...