I have had a life-long love affair with dollhouse miniatures, and careers in art education and interior design. I hope to combine these life experiences to help other miniature enthusiasts get more out of this wonderful hobby we enjoy, a hobby that often reaches the level of an art form. Susan Downing
The exterior of the Riggs Dolls House found on the Homes & History Magpie
Two lucky little girls received this dolls’ house as a gift from their father, a London stockbroker, during the 1840s. There was a great fashion for dolls’ houses at this time, but even by the standards of its day, it would have been an impressive piece. Designed as an expensive gift for the girls, it was also a way of displaying the family’s wealth and
Categories: amazing miniatures, dollhouses
Robert Heard and his dolls houses
Following is the text from The Creative Process page of Robert Heard’s website. Click on either Bough House photograph for more great pictures of Bough Houses.
“Once I start creating, I do not know where the structure will end.”
Categories: artisans, dollhouses
The Large Dollhouse is a replica of the 1847 Greek Revival home owned by New Jersey State Senator George H. Large. It is located at 117 Main Street in Flemington, N.J. His granddaughter, Josephine Large Talbott, commissioned John and Linda Kubish of Goliath Miniatures to build it.
Categories: dollhouses, Greek Revival
The Killer Cabinet, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
This gorgeous cabinet dollhouse belonged to John Egerton Killer, of Manchester. He wanted to amuse the many ladies in his family by providing them with a baby house. Cabinet dollhouses were popular in the 1830s, so he ordered a copy of a favorite cabinet in his office. Guess his profession. John Egerton Killer was a surgeon!
Categories: cabinet, dollhouses, Regency
