Reminescent of a vintage periodical, The Gilded Lily was the quarterly publication of The Ladies' Tea Guild. There are a limited number of copies still to be had.
The Gilded Lily explored the cultural history of 19th and early 20th century life. Brimming with Victorian history, vintage fashion, tea party ideas, recipes and more, we're quite sure you won't again see anything quite like her.
Summer 01
- Stepping Into the Wider World
- Women's Suffrage: Two Opposing Views
- The Jewelry Travel Bag
- The Invention of Tourism
- Thoughts on Women
- Research Clothing Using Patent Records
Fall 01
- A Pleasurable Shudder
- Pre-Raphaelite Ideals & Artistic Dress
- Christmas Trick Cards
- The Spirit of Dickens
- The Late 19th Century Lampshade
- A Victorian Christmas Card Tea
Winter 02
- Charlotte Moon: Society Spy
- Fashionable Patriotism
- A Call to My Countrywomen
- The Civil War Valentine
- Tea at the White House
- Fingerless Mitts
Spring 02
- Fairies, Elves, Gnomes & Victorians
-
Modern Dancers as Fashion Reformers
- The Violet Tea
- Violet's: Love's Comfort
- 19th Century Violet Poetry
- Cambric, Gone With the Wind
This issue is no longer available.
Summer 02
- The Obligation to Cultivate Beauty
- Beauty Recipes for the Complexion
- The Victorian Turkish Bath
- The Changing Shape of Victorian Bonnets
Fall 02
- Morals of Paint & Powder
- Thank You Mr. Poe
- Far from the Rue Morgue
- Anna Katherine Green: The Mother of Detective Fiction
- The One Course Case: with Apologies to Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle
Winter 03
- The Rogue's Gallery: Victoriana's Scandalous Women
- The "Sapho" Affair
- Fashionable Ugliness
- The Presentation Hankie
- The Titanic Tea
- The Merry Widow Hat
This issue is no longer available.
Spring 03
- Edwardian Childhood
- The History of the Crossword Puzzle
- The Nursery Tea
- The Strangeness of Beauty
- A Ribbon Pansy Bookmark
- Peter & the Wolf: A Tea Party
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Summer 03
- A Toast to the Ladies
- The Trial & Tribulation of Ms. Sweetea
- Fear Not Silk
- Silk Blossoms Pincushion
- Sall Lunn: A What or a Who?
- Sally Lunn Recipes
Fall 03
- The Victorian Jewelry Box
- The Fashionable Black Dress
- Anodos
- Stopping to Ponder Upon Plum Pudding
- The Kansas Sunflower Pincushion
- The Aesthetic Sunflower
- A Baker Street Teatime
This issue is no longer available.
Winter 04
- Finding the Perfect Amorous Address
- The Moss Rose: A Victorian Passion
- The Tea Gown
- Chocolate Molds
- Pairing Chocolate with Tea
- How to Kiss
Spring 04
- Housekeeping with the Brownies
- Dragonflies
- Matinees & Tea Jackets
- A Fairy Tea
- The Dragonfly Teacup Veil
- Is Housekeeping a Failure?
Summer 04
- Only a Lock of Your Hair
- The Trial & Tribulation of Ms. Knowtall
- The Turquoise & Pearl Watch Fob
-
The Ups & Downs & Ins & Outs of Bodices
- A Friendship Tea
Fall 04
- When Leaders Speak in Troubled Times
- A Woman of Uncommon Courage: Jeanette Rankin
- A Conservation Tea
- Learn to Knit Socks
- The Mother's Day
- Proclamation of 1870
- Fashion in Times of Crisis
Spring 05
- Flapperhood
- Clara Bow: The It Girl
- The Cry of the Jazz Babies
- Cartoons of the Twenties
- Jazz Slang
Summer 05
- Please Attend in Fancy Dress
- That Alva!
- When a Ball Goes Spectacularly Wrong
- Tidbits From the Ball
- Ball Gowns & Dinner Gowns
This issue is no longer available.
Fall 05
- The Modern Girl Sleuth
- Into the Gloomth
- Woe, but It's a Wicked World
- Tidbits From the Ball
- Invite a Heroine to Tea
- A Women's Mystery
- An Almost Forgotten Delight - Georgian Tea
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Winter 06
- Love Letters
- The Valentine & the Telegraph
- Cupid as Reporter
- The Romantic Tea
- The Rosy Centerpiece
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Spring 06
- The Yankee in King Edward's Court
- One English Lord Please
- The Savory Sally Tea
- The Button Brooch
- Vintage Cake Toppers
Summer 06
- The Tactics of Alice Paul
- Political Cartoons for Suffrage
- Framing the Face, Part I
- The Anti's
- Frame Your Earrings
- The Pink Tea
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Fall 06
- Eugenie, Empress of Style
- The History of French Pastry
- Framing the Face, Part II
- Theatre de la Mode
- The Glamorous Outcasts
- O, le Horreur!
Winter 07
- Oscar on Dinner & Dishes
- When the Angel Left the House
- Framing the Face, Part III
- The Mystery of the Bodice
- Do Come, the PB's Will Be Here
- A Teacup of This & A Gill of That
This issue is no longer available.