Kathryn Parker & Olivia Lloyd are owners of The Veiled Mirror, an online store of antique jewelry & curiosities with a penchant for the romantic, dark and macabre based out of Richmond, Virginia. To start this tour of Victorian culture [1837-1901], we begin with a crafting fad, ornate floral wreaths made of human hair. From there we touch on mourning etiquette; the comical paraphernalia of secret society initiations; The Aesthetic Movement; showing off with a pineapple; & the accessories of women's fashion as eccentric as live insects. Switching to the personal, the ladies share a handful of haunting anecdotes; one about researching a man's calling card found in a bin of 1920's clothing; another about unwittingly removing a "witch bottle" from an abandoned farm house. We end on further memories of urban exploration.

Follow The Veiled Mirror on Instagram & check out their website's current collection at theveiledmirror.com.

Music Provided by The Library of Congress

"The Strife is O'er, the Battle Done"
Performed by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina & Trinity Quartet

"War Song of the Normans"
Crusades Hymn
Performed by Reinald Werrenrath & Victor Male Chorus

"Black-Eyed Blues"
Composed by Don Kendall
Performed by Roy Bargy & Benson Orchestra of Chicago

"The Green Fields of Virginia"
Ford, Ward H., performer
Cowell, Sidney Robertson, 1903-1995, collector.

"Nina Gitana"
Composed by Reginald De Koven
Performed by Reed Miller

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THE VEILED MIRROR: VICTORIAN MOURNING, SECRET SOCIETIES & ABANDONED BUILDINGS | Antiquarians | Kath & Olivia