We’re halfway through National Letter Writing Month, and what better way to mark our favorite month than to celebrate the art of letter writing with…art! Writing letters, waiting for letters, sending letters, reading letters, and seeing how letters travel through the mail…letter writing has been inspiring artists for centuries. Click through the gallery of paintings, …
Alas, National Letter Writing Month has arrived! Commissioned in 2001, by way of the US Postal Service’s natural support for letters, letter writing and all things hand delivered. April is nationally declared an opportune time to embrace the connectedness as well as the intimacy handwritten letters and notes. From crafting a breezy letter to family …
On June 19, 1865 Union officer Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger read aloud General Order No. 3 in Galveston, Texas. This date, which has become known as Juneteenth, informed Texas that all those enslaved in the state were free. In 2020, archivists at the National Archives in Washington discovered the original, handwritten record of the Union …
The story of John Keats and Fanny Brawne is beautiful and tragic. Much of what we know about their relationship is because of the letters Keats wrote to Brawne throughout their short and ill-fated time together. When their love was revealed in publication in 1878 (the year Dempsey & Carroll was founded!) Victorian readers were …
When Emily Post initially published her principles on etiquette in 1922, she couldn’t have anticipated just how much would change in the coming century. Now, in 2022, her descendants Lizzie Post and Daniel Post Senning sought to update their great-great grandmother’s work. Upon its initial release, Emily Post’s Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics, …
Sally Muir & Joanna Osborne started Warm & Wonderful in 1979, selling knitted jumpers from a market stall in Covent Garden, London. The pattern – rows of white sheep and one proverbial “black sheep” was a major hit and seemed to resonate with some more well-known black sheep of the time: David Bowie, Andy Warhol, …
Warm & Wonderful was founded by friends Joanna Osborne and Sally Muir, who began selling their knitted jumpers out of a market stall in West London’s Covent Garden in 1979. Their first design – one black sheep amongst a flock of white ones – instantly became a global phenomenon when a young Lady Diana Spencer was …
In celebration of April being National Letter Writing Month, we looked to our friends and collaborators to share why they write. We hope it inspires you to pick up a pen and send more mail! Our collection with Larkspur & Hawk was inspired by another collaboration – …
If there’s anything we love more than a handwritten letter, it’s a handwritten LOVE letter. This Valentine’s Day, tell the one you love how you feel by putting pen to paper and expressing your feelings in your own hand. Not sure what to write? We’ve collected some inspiration for you, penned by celebrities and historical …
Dempsey & Carroll has long been known as the arbiter of good taste and social graces. Now, as we near our 150th anniversary, we’re creating IGTV videos on how to live graciously in today’s world. Follow us on Instagram @dempseycarroll to stay up to date, and be sure to let us know if you have …
