Category Archives: dollhouses

Posted on 22 February, 2019

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Japanese temple dollhouse commissioned by Huguette Clark in the early 1930s. It is part of the collection that attracted the attention of the FBI investigating Japanese sympathizers after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Huguette Clark and the ‘FBI’ Dollhouse

The dollhouse miniature universe is populated by so many interesting people. Some of the most fascinating are the collectors, and perhaps Huguette Clark is the most intriguing of them all. Besides owning an outstanding collection of dolls and miniatures, she was hounded by the FBI in two separate investigations. She also holds the title of the most notorious recluse on Fifth Avenue.

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Posted by Susan Downing

Categories: collections, dollhouses, dolls


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Posted on 29 January, 2017

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Frans Bosdyk and the Dollhouse on exhibit at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney

The Bosdyk Dollhouse

It took 15,000 hours and many thousands of dollars for materials spent on the work. Frans Bosdyk made most of the furniture, which he researched in ‘Antique Furniture in Australia’ by Anthony Hill, and developed special lathes to turn the tiny wooden parts. He also fashioned his own tiny hand tools from 75-100mm concrete nails to make it easier for him to handle the small pieces. He used silky oak, cedar, myrtle and

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Posted by Patrick Owens

Categories: amazing miniatures, cabinet, dollhouses, Dutch


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Posted on 04 December, 2016

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The Hartnell’sKensington House has a side portico above a wine cellar. Found on the Daily Mail

The Hartnell’s Kensington House

Tim and Angela Hartnell, owners of Anglia Dolls House in Norfolk, modeled the Kensington House on an 1815 Regency property. Their attention to detail is paramount. To protect the 1:12 scale visitors from being exposed to the scurrying and clatter of the miniature staff bringing food to their table, each elegant reception room is entered from a servants’ corridor.

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Posted by Patrick Owens

Categories: artisans, dollhouses, Regency


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Posted on 13 November, 2016

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A building in Cesar Augusto Fonseca Ospina “Small Bethlehem.”

Cesar Augusto Fonseca Ospina, Artisan

I was searching for interesting images of large dollhouses on the Internet and spotted this great picture. I thought it to be some sort of multi-story Tudor house. It turned out to be the work of Cesar Augusto Fonseca Ospina, a miniature artisan living in the town of Pacho, Colombia, 55 miles north of Bogota, on the western slope of the Andes Mountains. At 7,008 feet elevation, the air is rarified. So is Cesar’s beautiful work.

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Posted by Susan Downing

Categories: amazing miniatures, artisans, dollhouses


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