Ladies Becoming Maids

Even those who used to know Lady Constance as the belle of the ball would find it very hard to recognize her in the rough-looking scullery...

I have to admit it: I am a fan of old etiquette books and household-management manuals. There is no shortage of them online and they off...

-- Your heels, miss. When New York heiress Alice Vanderveer suggested to switch places with her maid Emma Smith on board a transatl...

Given that country's fascination with maids it is hardly surprising this was published in Vogue Japan. Clearly the mistress in the next...

Margaret looked at her former mistress standing before her in a formal maid's uniform,complete with a cap and an apron. Ever since th...

My collection of maids in vintage newspaper and magazine advertisements. Once a popular theme, it has almost entirely disappeared in the ...

After 25 years as a footman at Hollingbrokes Estates Jack has established himself as quite a lady's man. No chambermaid or a laundr...