Category Archives: Great Dollhouses

Posted on 23 November, 2015

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Queen Mary’s Dolls House Library

Queen Mary’s Dolls House – In The Beginning

Queen Mary, wife of King George V. was an obsessive collector of ‘tiny craft.’She especially liked objects that had a connection to the Royal family. By her late 40s, the Queen had amassed a valuable collection of miniature items.

Princess Marie Louise, George V’s cousin, and Queen Victoria’s granddaughter was at an “at home” one Sunday afternoon at the height of the social season. Another party-goer was Edwin Lutyens, a leading architect of the day. The Princess later claimed that ‘on the impulse of the moment’ she mentioned that it would be nice if the Queen had some sort of large cabinet for all her diminutive treasures.

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Posted by Susan Downing

Categories: amazing miniatures, dollhouses, Great Dollhouses


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Posted on 28 October, 2015

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The Palladian style Doll’s House c.1735-40. The center pediment shows the Lethieullier coat of arms.

Uppark Dolls House

The Uppark Dolls House has a connection to the most famous dolls house in the world — Queen Mary’s. The Uppark country estate is now owned by the National Trust. The Hall is often called, “A giant dolls’ house, perched high on a hill …” Legend has it that the architect that designed Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House, Edwin Lutyens, used the Uppark dolls’ house as inspiration.

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Posted by Susan Downing

Categories: dollhouses, Great Dollhouses, Queen Mary's Dolls House


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Posted on 12 August, 2015

Fairy Castle's 200,000K Renovation

Fairy Castle’s 200,000K Renovation

The Fairy Castle’s 200,00K Renovation was long over-due. Colleen Moor’s beloved dollhouse, on permanent exhibit at the Chicago Museum of Science and History was looking a bit shabby. Watch this clip from the CBS Sunday Morning show on how this massive job was accomplished.

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Reassembly of the Fairy Castle after the renovation

Now watch how it was put back together.

Susan

Posted by Susan Downing

Categories: Great Dollhouses


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Posted on 18 July, 2015

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Sara Rothe Cabinet Dollhouse, Gemeente Museum, The Hague

Sara Rothe – The Other Cabinet Dollhouse

On April 2, 1743, Sara Rothe was the high bidder on 3 dollhouses created by Cornelia van der Gon, a leading dollhouse builder of the time. The incentive seems to have been to scavenge these dollhouses for their contents to improve the two cabinet dollhouse Rothe already owned. Apparently, it worked out. The dollhouse in the Franz Hals Museum is amazing. The one at on exhibit at the Gemeente Museum at The Hague equally so.

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Posted by Susan Downing

Categories: amazing miniatures, cabinet, dollhouses, Dutch, Great Dollhouses


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