There is an essay on the modes and mores around death and mourning c.1815 by
Clare Gittings (spelling?) in "Soane and Death," which deals specifically
with the the death of Sir John Soane's wife, Elizabeth.  If this doesn't
deal with decorating rituals, you might try contacting the Soane Museum,
either Susan Palmer, the Archivist and Librarian, or Helen Dorey, the
Assistant Curator.

RIP
Sean Sawyer
Executive Director
Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House Museum
Brooklyn, NY

-----Original Message-----
From: Gary Leslie Crockett [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 9:33 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: death rituals


We want to dress-up a georgian historic house to demonstrate how death was
managed at home by an anglo middle class family on the death of a patriach.

I am looking for a reference (hopefully a web site to start with) detailing
pre-victorian era customs and beliefs.

Gary Crockett
Elizabeth Farm
Sydney Australia
www.hht.nsw.gov.au

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