The furniture moving around from place to place, century to century, doesn't bother me. If that didn't happen, where would all the antiques we buy come from
? Family heirlooms often stay in the place people remember them always being when they were growing up.
The pieces lasted because children weren't ALLOWED in the rooms where the really good stuff was kept. They didn't play in their rooms. If the family had any money there was a nursery, which was where all facets of a child's life took place, not just sleeping, until they were old enough to go to away to school, or for girls, get married.
If they didn't have money, they played in the street until they had to go to work.
As for the suitcases, I guess Orbach's wasn't stocking carpet bags or leather satchels at the time.
Think of a Dr.'s bag. That's what everyone who had to carry something used. The Dr.'s bag is a hold-over. Some were bigger or deeper, but essentially, that was it.
Unless you were going on a long journey, or had something very large, heavy, or valueable. Then you'd use a trunk.
Enough with the history lesson.
I do want to point out though
, that Caroline's (I can't remember what her name was in this time period ?!?) hairdo is DEFINITELY a mid-twentieth interpretation of a mid-nineteenth century hairdo. It should have been pulled up with height in the straight part & the banana curls should have come from the nape.
OK! That's it! I promise!!
abbeymarch
