Category Archives: Great Dollhouses

Posted on 20 January, 2016

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Linda Young cleaning and making sure the Catherine Palace will be shining brightly for its premiere on January 26th

The Catherine Palace

Kathleen Savage Browning reminds us of the premiere of the Catherine Palace, a 1:12 scale miniature inspired by the original palace constructed in 1717 for Peter the Great of Russia and his wife, Catherine I. The dollhouse will be on exhibit in the KSB Miniatures Collection at the Kentucky Gateway Museum Center from January 26 to April 30, 2016.

 

Read more about the builder of the dollhouse, Robert Dawson and the patron who commissioned it, Carole Kaye.

 

Susan

Posted by Susan Downing

Categories: Great Dollhouses


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Posted on 18 January, 2016

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The Henriques Dolls House Drawing RoomHenriques House

Henriques House

This 1954 correspondence between two curators at the Victoria & Albert Museum, one a recent visitor to Normandy Park, shows how accidental re-discoveries of great dollhouses happened. It makes one wonder how many were lost.

“I noticed at Normandy Park, a quite attractive 18th century pedimented dolls’ house with a basement. The furnishing was all Victorian. Do you think that Circulation would like it?”

“Yes please.” replied the curator in the temporary exhibit section of the museum.

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Posted by Susan Downing

Categories: amazing miniatures, Great Dollhouses


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Posted on 03 January, 2016

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The Catherine Palace Amber Room found on The Magical Dollhouse

Robert Dawson, Miniature Artisan

When Kathleen Savage Browning announced the acquisition of the Catherine Palace, I was pleased that a work by Robert Dawson would be at the Kentucky Gateway Museum Center. I run across his name often, when searching for article ideas and thought this would be a good time to learn more about him.

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Posted by Patrick Owens

Categories: amazing miniatures, artisans, collectors, Great Dollhouses


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Posted on 25 December, 2015

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The Marie Antoinette Connection

The Marie Antoinette Connection

Kevin Mulvany and Susie Rogers are two of my favorite artisans. Trained historians, they specialize in architectural miniatures and are known for re-creating historically significant and detailed European castles and mansions. They have traveled miles in order to visit the places they rebuild.

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Posted by Susan Downing

Categories: amazing miniatures, dollhouses, Great Dollhouses


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