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Posted on 18 July, 2015

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Sara Rothe Cabinet Dollhouse, Gemeente Museum, The Hague

Sara Rothe – The Other Cabinet Dollhouse

On April 2, 1743, Sara Rothe was the high bidder on 3 dollhouses created by Cornelia van der Gon, a leading dollhouse builder of the time. The incentive seems to have been to scavenge these dollhouses for their contents to improve the two cabinet dollhouse Rothe already owned. Apparently, it worked out. The dollhouse in the Franz Hals Museum is amazing. The one at on exhibit at the Gemeente Museum at The Hague equally so.

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Posted on 12 July, 2015

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The Painted Room from the Sara Rothe cabinet dollhouse now on exhibit at the Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem, The Netherlands

Sara Rothe Painted Room

I couldn’t resist showing this picture by itself. It’s from yesterday’s post about Sara Rothe’s cabinet dollhouse, now on exhibit at the Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem, The Netherlands. What color!

Incidentally, I got 5 comments on FB confirming that this is the miniature replicating her Amsterdam town house. Another cabinet dollhouse is at the Gemeente Museum at The Hague.

Susan

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