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
Tim Sidford (Sweetington) commented about this Recency Chinese room box, “To be honest I’ve outgrown the place…..
For miniature enthusiasts, the Regency Era in the United Kingdom was brief, only nine years. King George III was deemed unfit to rule and his son, the Prince of Wales, ruled as Prince Regent. On the death of his father in 1820, the Prince Regent became George IV.
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Troy Scmidt’s 1/12 scale celadon glaze tea set
Following is a reprint of an article written by Dave Mason in the Santa Barbara News-Press
Local artisan makes big impression with little pieces
by Dave Mason, News-Press Staff Writer
Like other artists working with clay, Troy Schmidt threw a pot on a spinning wheel. But the difference was this piece, as he molded it into shape, could fit between his fingers. When I make big pots, I can sit and talk and not even look at it because it’s really about the feel”, the 53-year-old artist told the News-Press
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Cabinet dollhouse made in 1892 by Alois Pauli
In the town of Elsterberg, Germany, not far from the Czech border, is a shop specializing in “beautiful things from the past and the old things newly manufactured.” Besides making sales, the goal of Petra and Albrecht, the owners of Albrecht’s Dollhouse Workshop, is to preserve the tradition of individually created toys and dollhouse miniatures.
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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!
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