Downton Abbey

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I found the following photos while watching Season Four, Episode One of <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/downtonabbey/" target="_blank">Downton Abbey</a> and thought I would share . . . </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg56y74zCJ-JJRWaVs4oRU5GoicWr6WwiqJ4ruE3W5a3KMdGb_bhUYCTEZIY0oC4jqKKLYQsJFridQdquTxlV0BEHKka_20lyT7dWp_rk6i5WGgpC_UBo6CoymNAccP9aEEY1Ln1oi0T4eR/s1600/item0.rendition.slideshowVertical.downton-abbey-highclere-castle-01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg56y74zCJ-JJRWaVs4oRU5GoicWr6WwiqJ4ruE3W5a3KMdGb_bhUYCTEZIY0oC4jqKKLYQsJFridQdquTxlV0BEHKka_20lyT7dWp_rk6i5WGgpC_UBo6CoymNAccP9aEEY1Ln1oi0T4eR/s1600/item0.rendition.slideshowVertical.downton-abbey-highclere-castle-01.jpg" width="594" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A pair of canephorae decorate the gateposts of <a href="http://www.highclerecastle.co.uk/" target="_blank">Highclere Castle</a>, in Hampshire [now the setting of <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/downtonabbey/" target="_blank">PBS's hit show <i>Downton Abbey</i></a>], and suggest the dark splendor of treasures within. Home of the earls of Carnarvon, and built during the last century in fashionable Gothic Revival style . . . "</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Derry Moore.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Elizabeth Dickson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2012-03/highclere-castle-downton-abbey-slideshow" target="_blank">Historic Houses: The Splendors of Highclere Castle</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (January - February 1979).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjypiX94syKfDNGUKp9SEfWv-Hh1pX3XXh9iPmzP_Bd7PsK_77UatNWynz0BqAxkEsS9zfywgcPnmR4YCGRtfqggknMWX-_xW2jh2ipliOfuMHppjbj1ggZDLn4J93Fj5ON7KkCOqu9Kymq/s1600/item1.rendition.slideshowVertical.downton-abbey-highclere-castle-02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjypiX94syKfDNGUKp9SEfWv-Hh1pX3XXh9iPmzP_Bd7PsK_77UatNWynz0BqAxkEsS9zfywgcPnmR4YCGRtfqggknMWX-_xW2jh2ipliOfuMHppjbj1ggZDLn4J93Fj5ON7KkCOqu9Kymq/s1600/item1.rendition.slideshowVertical.downton-abbey-highclere-castle-02.jpg" width="594" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Pointed arches, decorated with small marble columns, give the entrance hall a feeling of mysterious beauty. An ornate Sarabend rug, placed on a geometric parquet marble floor, produces a richly complex pattern."</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Photography by Derry Moore.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Elizabeth Dickson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2012-03/highclere-castle-downton-abbey-slideshow_slideshow_undefined_2" target="_blank">Historic Houses: The Splendors of Highclere Castle</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (January - February 1979).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_9n-2T-wvCo0p_orwdj9diczZ_XXL-yPaUZDWu0rWKXIlsoG_qab-pvcXOKYxgBo5c9GrVaOySMFeVIv_3PDuNVE6OJavnX3GCo96G-4crQD1NwRcGltSeNP3HQ7EIbqCLqpPSeSLqi5K/s1600/item2.rendition.slideshowVertical.downton-abbey-highclere-castle-03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_9n-2T-wvCo0p_orwdj9diczZ_XXL-yPaUZDWu0rWKXIlsoG_qab-pvcXOKYxgBo5c9GrVaOySMFeVIv_3PDuNVE6OJavnX3GCo96G-4crQD1NwRcGltSeNP3HQ7EIbqCLqpPSeSLqi5K/s1600/item2.rendition.slideshowVertical.downton-abbey-highclere-castle-03.jpg" width="594" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The living room is seen through a series of arches, and is open to the grandly proportioned central space." </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Derry Moore.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Elizabeth Dickson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2012-03/highclere-castle-downton-abbey-slideshow_slideshow_undefined_3" target="_blank">Historic Houses: The Splendors of Highclere Castle</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (January - February 1979).</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYMuUOzS_CD2RFyM5SWfMrjSp848pbMHxN85008FEuLsbNxEa4ha2m3pesSXv-A_EuZe908DBEKk_HXfJKrv376E55PYvYGZJr_yP6S5ImKikdSaqzuDzHS7mwGWhGPASueLJM6BpLN-OM/s1600/item3.rendition.slideshowVertical.downton-abbey-highclere-castle-04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYMuUOzS_CD2RFyM5SWfMrjSp848pbMHxN85008FEuLsbNxEa4ha2m3pesSXv-A_EuZe908DBEKk_HXfJKrv376E55PYvYGZJr_yP6S5ImKikdSaqzuDzHS7mwGWhGPASueLJM6BpLN-OM/s1600/item3.rendition.slideshowVertical.downton-abbey-highclere-castle-04.jpg" width="594" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Van Dyck's monumental equestrian portrait of King Charles I dominates the dining room; other 17th-century portraits are predominately English. The table is scaled for intimacy; appointed with Hepplewhite chairs, it rests on a Caucasian rug."</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Derry Moore.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Elizabeth Dickson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2012-03/highclere-castle-downton-abbey-slideshow_slideshow_undefined_4" target="_blank">Historic Houses: The Splendors of Highclere Castle</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (January - February 1979).</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP_u4MiOvrikjU3yOLbheUa4yg2C_uRCZlssnr8vpirb1Nxg4i-ikZljI_vje9UryBaMblLF_VVqrVrG3usm3h8AWazZB_QWQwzF-nubV6sVqi8fOrVi_YAuNuSQ2TV87n_MC2uXyb0flY/s1600/item4.rendition.slideshowVertical.downton-abbey-highclere-castle-05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP_u4MiOvrikjU3yOLbheUa4yg2C_uRCZlssnr8vpirb1Nxg4i-ikZljI_vje9UryBaMblLF_VVqrVrG3usm3h8AWazZB_QWQwzF-nubV6sVqi8fOrVi_YAuNuSQ2TV87n_MC2uXyb0flY/s1600/item4.rendition.slideshowVertical.downton-abbey-highclere-castle-05.jpg" width="594" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Tall gilded columns serve to divide the long axis of the library. The rich tones of the coffered wood ceiling and Caucasian rugs give the room a warm Victorian feeling. On the far wall, a massive double-pediment bookcase is filled with old books, their fine leather bindings creating an additional pattern."</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Derry Moore.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Elizabeth Dickson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2012-03/highclere-castle-downton-abbey-slideshow_slideshow_undefined_5" target="_blank">Historic Houses: The Splendors of Highclere Castle</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (January - February 1979).</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjajxvH3HBzsk-tkJC48BdVOT5H2rKjAPcjCxFX1R1hhgHyzicQWygxAhYeo98QPguCWwezCPHwDI7Q_nEB8uvDSd0TToKtvhxJTgAVmArBt0swv21dRkeZxQkFoJpD4DME8vtIB27wXSPK/s1600/item5.rendition.slideshowVertical.downton-abbey-highclere-castle-06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjajxvH3HBzsk-tkJC48BdVOT5H2rKjAPcjCxFX1R1hhgHyzicQWygxAhYeo98QPguCWwezCPHwDI7Q_nEB8uvDSd0TToKtvhxJTgAVmArBt0swv21dRkeZxQkFoJpD4DME8vtIB27wXSPK/s1600/item5.rendition.slideshowVertical.downton-abbey-highclere-castle-06.jpg" width="594" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Exotic forms of griffons decorate a Regency armchair that attends a Regency mahogany and bronze writing desk. A Louis XVI bronze and ormolu candelabrum on a pedestal illuminates antique volumes in a parcel-gilt walnut bookcase." </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Derry Moore.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Elizabeth Dickson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2012-03/highclere-castle-downton-abbey-slideshow_slideshow_undefined_6" target="_blank">Historic Houses: The Splendors of Highclere Castle</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (January - February 1979).</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtuABB6wyERR0J2wOM_aq5SM90hUk7KD7D8Y9RsqiiDXabEVHBmkLUMQbKlE4s2wakAOE17QAeBYCD9ZPz0Oq_sROl6ckPf9_RmqJEQdwJYaKLLc9bU5LSfa3hvdGTSnb_1kSDJBrpdpm-/s1600/item6.rendition.slideshowVertical.downton-abbey-highclere-castle-07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtuABB6wyERR0J2wOM_aq5SM90hUk7KD7D8Y9RsqiiDXabEVHBmkLUMQbKlE4s2wakAOE17QAeBYCD9ZPz0Oq_sROl6ckPf9_RmqJEQdwJYaKLLc9bU5LSfa3hvdGTSnb_1kSDJBrpdpm-/s1600/item6.rendition.slideshowVertical.downton-abbey-highclere-castle-07.jpg" width="594" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Romantic and serene, Heaven's Gate is a 19th-century folly built atop a grassy mound in the castle's extensive private parklands."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Derry Moore.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Elizabeth Dickson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2012-03/highclere-castle-downton-abbey-slideshow_slideshow_item6_7" target="_blank">Historic Houses: The Splendors of Highclere Castle</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (January - February 1979).</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTJNa5ueIjT2gpHORr1Mejn50BEP43Lm7hBDckNCEFo08XKqDU_UY1-kkeNHSCy77agWzpchnJsSHO0YlruMPvUnEbA5Uttq3uKQkX2bpk9KU0hrrg7qujAUPICRyC60YGTooTj9whTnEW/s1600/42a5f5d2ffb1e944e94f9f163d6e1c99.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTJNa5ueIjT2gpHORr1Mejn50BEP43Lm7hBDckNCEFo08XKqDU_UY1-kkeNHSCy77agWzpchnJsSHO0YlruMPvUnEbA5Uttq3uKQkX2bpk9KU0hrrg7qujAUPICRyC60YGTooTj9whTnEW/s1600/42a5f5d2ffb1e944e94f9f163d6e1c99.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.ralphlauren.com/home/index.jsp?ab=Geo_iUS_rUS_dUS" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Ralph Lauren</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">held a private fashion show at</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.highclerecastle.co.uk/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Highclere Castle</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">where the TV series</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/downtonabbey/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Downton Abbey</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">is filmed.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Chris Allerton courtesy of Ralph Lauren.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/253116441529078897/" target="_blank">Photo via Ralph Lauren's Downton Abbey Pinterest board</a>.</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGSk6W8iD096xglWm_eORBcFjhLysCnHKfYuillc5HLqjnRWYkjJ1lbuBWKa1I7p25c5euIv-XqFY0oo7qnmkyZC2ltFkhvoC-2YRSGOE84hHFT7xF9vR3yXuaha7_6NAO4kXvJyMav1Lv/s1600/9000976a682d65a6841fa80e8cdd9ea9.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/554013191632235101/" target="_blank">Photo via Pinterest board of Downton Abbey</a>. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC420rmzeyJugxnjLECIDGN4NbOZV1zcgadKPdj2xKtUYeE8OQnBO8mL1yu_FqDSmykuv9LhPnOzMejfdsQ3Hb71PGFqoYj0HNCfJlDTWeIWogoucwDOkCZJgUtUgiu0dY2XwvNgvkMXTm/s1600/item0.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.downton-abbey-design-sets-01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC420rmzeyJugxnjLECIDGN4NbOZV1zcgadKPdj2xKtUYeE8OQnBO8mL1yu_FqDSmykuv9LhPnOzMejfdsQ3Hb71PGFqoYj0HNCfJlDTWeIWogoucwDOkCZJgUtUgiu0dY2XwvNgvkMXTm/s1600/item0.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.downton-abbey-design-sets-01.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Actor Hugh Bonneville, who plays the Earl of Grantham, is pictured here in <a href="http://www.highclerecastle.co.uk/" target="_blank">Highclere</a>'s drawing room, leaning against a mantlepiece lined with early Victorian porcelain urns."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo via Architectural Digest courtesy Carnival Film and Television Limited 2011 for MASTERPIECE.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Cathy Whitlock.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/ad/set-design/2012/downton-abbey-design-sets-slideshow" target="_blank">On the Set of PBS's Downton Abbey</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBVyEpJatTap7uAblXXg366fVJFGeJ1EH1wgShrchv_w00cTlrqfQFrwNQsBNPFuHmJ1sRPTic5i71WsayoUamunwbKQEplZy1Xa3qNBr59c352UCMuY-ta85B8KhaIcNxl55cq5GBaKjN/s1600/db9a7c47528d2974d7cb9728204389e9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBVyEpJatTap7uAblXXg366fVJFGeJ1EH1wgShrchv_w00cTlrqfQFrwNQsBNPFuHmJ1sRPTic5i71WsayoUamunwbKQEplZy1Xa3qNBr59c352UCMuY-ta85B8KhaIcNxl55cq5GBaKjN/s1600/db9a7c47528d2974d7cb9728204389e9.jpg" width="520" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Of Sybil's shocking new outfit, [Julian] Fellowes explains, 'no woman of her class, before Poiret's harem look, had ever been seen in trousers.' "</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/downtonabbey/season2_world_style.html" target="_blank">Photo via PBS</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/downtonabbey/season2_world_style.html" target="_blank">The World of Downton Abbey: Styles From Formal Dining to the Front</a>.</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNL19Fxhnnd6z2hvMm0skPNbk7I_p60kCTOaeo-oL1VKHXsvNnl_nSHwDJjsIr0q-TcxJVII56oFDa5c6Ty5dWzK13b-XKBM5lelQDqoamWW4CfQozjRHdS6d_3FrfWD1Vywx-FA-5ddCU/s1600/157cd86f7395d804a8fe88315f869e63.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNL19Fxhnnd6z2hvMm0skPNbk7I_p60kCTOaeo-oL1VKHXsvNnl_nSHwDJjsIr0q-TcxJVII56oFDa5c6Ty5dWzK13b-XKBM5lelQDqoamWW4CfQozjRHdS6d_3FrfWD1Vywx-FA-5ddCU/s1600/157cd86f7395d804a8fe88315f869e63.jpg" width="520" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lady Mary's "red dress is made from a turn-of-the-century Spanish evening dress."</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/downtonabbey/season2_world_style.html" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Photo via PBS</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/downtonabbey/season2_world_style.html" target="_blank">The World of Downton Abbey: Styles From Formal Dining to the Front</a>.</span> </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfYFtHZ1wFz7Otr4_MjoRB9QfaK5WHpwCx3QoMRasUBP1hHxeio0C-RzmnRZ1w6AhAh07LShGv12JXr3RHJ2kgXHA8e9IdjbTEIIxoa2_X_s4ozkA3LX-pjGt1JfpGJdhsghITrEqbnSJ1/s1600/0bb7087e86ebcc7060a2147295ddc2e7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfYFtHZ1wFz7Otr4_MjoRB9QfaK5WHpwCx3QoMRasUBP1hHxeio0C-RzmnRZ1w6AhAh07LShGv12JXr3RHJ2kgXHA8e9IdjbTEIIxoa2_X_s4ozkA3LX-pjGt1JfpGJdhsghITrEqbnSJ1/s1600/0bb7087e86ebcc7060a2147295ddc2e7.jpg" width="520" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"[Julian] Fellowes describes how Edwardian period footmen were a true measure of status, hired for their good looks and height, with the taller footmen earning a higher salary. 'The real showpieces of the house were the footmen. Their uniforms would be provided by the house at great expense; when the men were offered the job, they would be told to go to the tailors to be fitted for the livery, trimmed with the family's crested buttons, and the cost would be charged to the family's account.' "</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/downtonabbey/season2_world_style.html" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Photo via PBS</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/downtonabbey/season2_world_style.html" target="_blank">The World of Downton Abbey: Styles From Formal Dining to the Front</a>.</span> </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGuVsGA9zjYBD6AUotimdAGhkqM0K3RUvctHqUN4HPIXDoifsJ1Cmcy1EFJeUR6bSFDgRDHypdssApKs1hT_oKkHff8Vav4KlPFILvNi0Wnl3IAKex1DnmMtOC0zK0Io9ZyH5dF5TfXhgJ/s1600/555c8d4b11b0a4657ab0e8b88066cf97.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGuVsGA9zjYBD6AUotimdAGhkqM0K3RUvctHqUN4HPIXDoifsJ1Cmcy1EFJeUR6bSFDgRDHypdssApKs1hT_oKkHff8Vav4KlPFILvNi0Wnl3IAKex1DnmMtOC0zK0Io9ZyH5dF5TfXhgJ/s1600/555c8d4b11b0a4657ab0e8b88066cf97.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/554013191632197938/" target="_blank">Photo via Pinterest board of Downton Abbey</a>.</span> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I found the following photos while watching Season Four, Episode One of Downton Abbey and thought I would share . . .  "A pair of cane...

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