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 following post is an edited compilation of material found on the National Museum of Miniatures & Toys website.
At first glance inside T/m’s dollhouse exhibit, Let’s Play House, the gigantic Coleman Dollhouse might appear to be one of the trendy “tiny houses.” We love superlatives around
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Wedding Planner’s Room Box. John Scott, the groom, applies museum wax.
On July 29, 2000, Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt stood beneath a flower-bedecked canopy at a Malibu mansion and exchanged marriage vows. Jennifer vowed to make Brad’s favorite banana split; Brad promised to find a balance on the thermostat; my teenage niece swooned, then proclaimed her life’s calling was to be a wedding planner. So I made this room box for Lisa.
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Christopher Dresser’s (1834-1904) Roland Wall, in terracotta and burgundy, with a Victory frieze in indigo.
The answer could start with another question. “That depends. Which room? Town or country house?” When choosing the appropriate type of wallpaper for a Victorian dollhouse, it’s important to understand how wall coverings were used in the Victorian era.
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Susanna Pinney with her mother’s restoration of a Gothic dolls house made in the 1870s
The miniature now known as Betty Pinney’s House – Bettiscombe was found by a friend who ran an antique shop and sold it to Betty Pinney for ￡5. The house was made in about 1870, of Gothic design, with more than 10 rooms, a roof garden and a lift which can be operated by turning the handle … gently.
Betty Pinney was born in 1907. She studied art and later on designed wallpapers and textiles for the Edinburgh Weavers and then for Sandersons. She designed book covers, posters and also illustrated books. She spent the next 20 years restoring and furnishing the dolls house.
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