Category Archives: Great Dollhouses

Posted on 12 May, 2020

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Kew Palace, Embroidered bed from a doll’s house built in the 1780s for the daughters of King George III

Kew Palace Doll’s House

The doll’s house of Kew Palace was made around 1780 by the carpenter on board the Royal Yacht for the young daughters of King George III. I can imagine bored children needing the distraction while the adults enjoyed a leisurely cruise down the Thames and the Estuary.

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Posted by Patrick Owens

Categories: Georgian, Great Dollhouses


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Posted on 05 May, 2020

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Titania’s Palace at Egeskov Castle in Denmark found on Karen Mardahl’s Flickr stream

The story goes that the idea for Titania’s Palace occurred on a warm day in the Spring of 1907 when Sir Nevile Wilkinson was sketching in the woods behind his manor, Mount Merrion House. His daughter Guendolen, age 3, played nearby and suddenly cried out that a fairy ran under the roots of a tree. She felt sorry they had to live underground in damp caves and asked her father to have a proper house built for them, which led to the building of Tatiana’s Palace. 

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Posted by Susan Downing


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Posted on 28 November, 2019

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Section of the White House replica being unloaded at an exhibition site. Source unknown.

Miniature White House

Using the word “miniature” to describe enormous dollhouses has always seemed weird to me. That’s especially true with the 1/12the scale replica of the White House. This colossus is 60 feet long and 20 feet wide. It weighs 10 tons and goes on tour in a big rig. John Zweigel’s obsessions truly stretches the universe of “tiny things.”

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Posted by Patrick Owens


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Posted on 16 November, 2019

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Front of the Doll’s House at Nostell Priory in Yorkshire, furniture attributed to Thomas Chippendale

‘Thomas Chippendale’ Dolls House

Thomas Chippendale was born in Yorkshire early in 1718. His family had long been in the woodworking trades and he probably received his basic training from his father. When his apprenticeship was completed, he moved to London and worked as a journeyman cabinet maker.

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Posted by Patrick Owens


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