Glamour in Glass: Vincent’s writing desk
- Glamour in Glass Teasers in Pictorial Form
- Glamour in Glass: Lady Hertford’s claret velvet dress
- Glamour in Glass: The Carlton House Red Room
- Glamour in Glass: The Prince Regent
- Shades of Milk and Honey: Miss Dunkirk’s ballgown
- Glamour in Glass: Sir Lumley St. George Skeffington
- Glamour in Glass: The Blue Room
- Glamour in Glass: Mr. Vincent
- Glamour in Glass: Jane’s travelling dress
- Glamour in Glass: Travel by Dilligence
- Glamour in Glass: Mme Meynard’s Pomona Dress
- Glamour in Glass: The Battersea Bridge
- Glamour in Glass: Vincent’s writing desk
- Glamour in Glass: The town of Binché
- Glamour in Glass: Jane’s high-collared walking dress
- Glamour in Glass: Jane’s primrose dress
- Glamour in Glass: curling hair
- Glamour in Glass: The Gilles parade
- Without a Summer: Schomberg House
- Without a Summer: Whist
- Without a Summer: Melody’s celestial blue day dress
- Without a Summer: The music
- Without a Summer: Crossing Sweepers
- Without a Summer: Jane’s work dress
- Without a Summer: Mr. O’Brien
I’ll tell you a secret. I tend to give characters that I’m fond of things that I covet. Vincent’s writing desk is one of these items. Here’s how it appears in Glamour in Glass
When in transit, it folded neatly in half to present an unassuming box. Once opened, it contained a comfortable sloped surface, faced in red leather. Cunningly concealed within were compartments to store correspondence and writing supplies. The battered wooden sides attested to the constant travelling Vincent had done in his life as an itinerant glamourist.
You can have a custom one made or find a writing slope on ebay.
For my birthday, my father gave me a writing slope almost identical to this one. The leather, which is called a skiver, is in bad condition, but it turns out that you can order them online. I’ve done that, but have been using this desk almost non-stop during the Month of Letters. As soon as it is over, I’m pulling the battered old leather off and replacing it.
It is nice to have something that I coveted in fiction turn up in real life.