Stationery Etiquette

[Poetman]

On an old thread, a long since inactive member (ZebraPenguin I believe) posted about traditional paper/correspondence etiquette and noted how mens monarch/business paper differed in size from mens correspondence and womens correspondence paper as well. My searches did not retrieve any threads dedicated to this matter, but I am quite interested in it. Could anyone recommend any reading material or other sources on the etiquette and rules on stationery correspondence?

Thank you!

[Maccabeus]

Chapters 27 and 28 of Emily Post's 1922 "Etiquette," covers men's and women's stationery to some degree.

Edited January 12, 2018 by Maccabeus

[ParramattaPaul]

Google gave me this: https://www.americanstationery.com/blog/top-tips-in-stationery-etiquette/

 

And this: https://www.sweetpeadesigns.com/content/sweetpea-etiquette

Edited January 12, 2018 by ParramattaPaul

[Poetman]

Thanks for these early replies. Any longer texts about which anyone is aware?

Edited January 12, 2018 by Poetman

[CraigR]

Crane & Co. has a section on their website devoted to etiquette. http://www.crane.com/stationery

 

They also have a book titled "The Blue Book of Stationary" which includes social and business writing etiquette.

[D B Holtz]

This link is to a book published by Crane in 1910, which details everything a lady or gentleman should know about stationery.

 

https://archive.org/details/deskbookonetique00clariala

 

Credit to AAAndrew, who put it on the Flourish Forum.

 

DB

[NicolausPiscator]

Wonderful this book on etiquette! Thank you for posting the link!

[Zdenek]

The Art of the Handwritten Note by Margaret Shepherd.

[Poetman]

I am resurrecting an old thread to try and keep the information centralized. The links above do not provide the actual dimensions for mens stationery.

 

Here is the original thread that I referenced in my first post:

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/110235-what-size-paper-do-you-use-for-general-letter-writing/?fromsearch=1

 

Any information on where to sources the dimensions referred to here would be helpful.

Edited April 9, 2018 by Poetman

[Kalessin]

Crane & Co. may have the turn-of-the-20th-century stationery sizes in their records. As far as I know, they're the only company left in the US that produces custom engraved monograms (and related iconography) for personal stationery.

 

They're located in Dalton, MA, where they've been since the beginning of the 1800s.

[PJohnP]

It might be noted that Crane & Co. has a concierge service to address questions on stationary topics.

 

Don't be shy: Ask us about etiquette, style or anything else that might make your stationery choice more perfect.

 

The company takes great pride in the heritage of the firm brought down from Stephen Crane in 1770.

 

Perhaps a nicely worded query to that concierge department might yield a useful result ?