A busy woman needs the tools of her work accessible. This was a challenge when fashions did not include many pockets. The chatelaine was a popular solution in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries:Like a customized Swi...
http://www.neatorama.com/2013/05/23/The-Chatelaine-An-Antique-Multitool-for-Women/
Unless you were wearing a daring hemline, your skirts may get muddy while walking in the street. That's where this handy gadget came in. Ladies would use it and other "hem elevators" to lift their dresses up out of the w...
http://www.neatorama.com/2013/04/18/Victorian-Dress-Lifter/
If you were a filthy rich kid in Russia a century ago, this would have been the ultimate toy. The famous goldsmith Israel Rouchomovsky made it between 1892 and 1906 with all the features a child could want:the fully arti...
http://www.neatorama.com/2013/04/14/Antique-Articulated-Gold-Skeleton-Action-Figure-in-a-Silver-Sarcophagus/
Lilah and Nick built this wonderful cabin in West Virginia out of reclaimed lumber and filled it with eccentric castoff vintage and antique furnishings. One wall is made completely of old windows. I particularly like thi...
http://www.neatorama.com/2013/02/18/Cabin-in-the-Woods/
An action figure from a horror movie? No. Although it looks freakish without its dress, this antique doll dated to the early Nineteenth Century appeared to walk on two legs when properly clothed. Link -via The Museum of...
http://www.neatorama.com/2013/01/10/Nineteenth-Century-Eight-Legged-Walking-Doll/
Sometimes old objects come with an extensive histo... ...a certain place, or around a certain object. Some antiques have a profound effect on whoever may own them,...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/10/26/Ghostbusting-the-Creepiest-Antiques/
In Victorian times, a toy like this detailed butcher shop from 1840 wouldn't be all that unusual. It's just one of several such butcher shops, dollhouses, and other adult scenes that were common playthings for childr...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/08/03/babys-first-butcher-shop/
Ah, the things we endure to be beautiful! This perm machine from 1934 looks as if it belongs in a science-fiction story, but it was actually installed in some beauty salons. This is just one of a collection of strang...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/07/24/bizarro-beauty-products/(vimeo link) The filmmaker who just goes by the name Mark wandered into an interesting storefront in Manhattan thinking it was an antique shop. It was not. It was this guy's home. It was so interesting that he filmed...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/02/21/this-is-my-home/
After World War II, collecting whimsical ceramic dishes, accessories, and figurines became very popular in the U.S. -and for a while they were all made in America. Some designers became more popular than others, and thei...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/02/15/who-killed-american-kitsch/
