dollhouses-msg - 4/3/01
Period and period-style dollhouses.
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From: "Christine Leston" <cleston at direct.ca>
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: Dollhouse?
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 10:39:37 -0800
I don't know of any period dollhouse kits, but I have an excellent book
called "Making Tudor Dolls' Houses" by Derek Rowbottom, published by the
Guild of Master Craftsman Publications (166 High Street, Lewes, East Sussex,
BN7 1XU, England). It includes designs for a 2-room period cottage, a 4-room
Tudor house, and a period shop.
Brigid of Astbury.
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owly at hem.utfors.se wrote:
>I was just wondering if any one knows where you can get a kit for a
>Elizabethan or earlier dollshouse. has anyone done what I'm thinking
>of made a period dollshouse of some sort with the right dolls and
>funiture?
>
>Anna de Byxe
From: "Mandy" <martin.mandy at ns.sympatico.ca>
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: Dollhouse?
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 13:00:18 GMT
There is some furniture of Elizabethan style to be found in "The Dolls
House Emporium" England, as well as a Tudor cottage but I don't think of
these are truely period. I believe dolls houses of the time were more along
the lines of minature rooms kept in drawers (maybe cabinets as well, but not
sure) or boxes. I have yet to learn of actual dolls being used also the
purpose may of been that of a miniature of ones actual stuff. Some of the
earliest dolls I have seen to be used with dolls houses were of the early
1700s and had wax heads though others have been found of painted wood as
well.
Why not have a go at making your own furniture for your would be minature
room of your would be home, or if you have the money, find a person who
makes furniture (there are a few here in Nova Scotia who hand craft) in your
area and design some peices for them to make.
If you are curious about The Dolls House Emporium, they have a site :-
www.dollshouse.com they also ship out free catalogues which I must say, are
very lovely to look at.
Griet
From: chimericalgirl at home.com (StrangeGirl)
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: Dollhouse?
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 18:52:58 GMT
owly at hem.utfors.se shouted over the general babble in a vain attempt
to be heard:
>I was just wondering if any one knows where you can get a kit for a
>Elizabethan or earlier dollshouse. has anyone done what I'm thinking
>of made a period dollshouse of some sort with the right dolls and
>funiture?
Well, it depends on whether you mean a reproduction of a period dolls'
house or a dolls' house made to look like an Elizabethan (or earlier)
house or castle. One is very differnt from the other :)
This is one of my manymany hobbies, in case you haven't guessed.
I honestly don't know if miniatures were being collected into diorama
settings as early as the Elizabethan era. Most of my books on dolls
houses seem to go back as far as the 17th century Dutch and French
'Cabinet houses', which were essentially lovely pieces of furniture
made over on the inside into tiny mansions, though some were built
with a more architectural exterior. All of these cabinet houses seem
to have open fronts with railings or cabinet-style doors, rahter than
miniature building facades. Doll's houses that looked like houses
began to be more commonplace in the 18th century, but were still
essentially constructed as though they were cabinet houses.
Enough Out-Of-Our-Period dolls' house history :)
If what you want to create is a miniature, accurate Elizabethan (or
earlier) house, I can reccommend some books. Let me know :)
Margery la A.
From: "Mandy" <martin.mandy at ns.sympatico.ca>
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: Dollhouse?
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 19:56:34 GMT
> 'Cabinet houses', which were essentially lovely pieces of furniture
Ahh, thank you, the word I was trying to come up with :o)
Anyhow....... I have, in a kids doll hous book of all places, the claim
that the first dolls' house was made in 1558 (in period) for Albert V, duke
of Bavaria, Germany. This was a miniature of his own house and was rederred
to as his "Baby House"
So 'Commonly' French had "doll's rooms", British had "baby houses" as well
as the Germans and Dutch were know for thier "cabinet houses". And though
they can be traced back to the late 1500's it wasn't untill the 1600's...or
more so the 1700's they had some popularity.
If I ever find more info on the 1558 dolls' house I'll add more :o)
Griet
((~~who still likes to play toys and such~~)
From: "Mandy" <martin.mandy at ns.sympatico.ca>
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: Dollhouse?
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 20:06:24 GMT
Ok, I love this topic :o)
here is something I clipped of the net
*clip starts here*
Dolls' Houses £4.50
Halina Pasierbska 0 7478 0501 6 40 pp, about 80 colour and 20 b/w
illustrations.
New edition due June 2001
The earliest known dolls' or baby house was made in Bavaria in the mid
sixteenth century. This book outlines the history of these intriguing little
buildings with illustrations of some fine examples, many of which can be
seen today.
Halina Pasierbska has worked for the Victoria and Albert Museum since 1969,
spending thirteen years at the National Art Library before in 1982 she
transferred to the National Museum of Childhood at Bethnal green.
*end clip*
Griet
From: "Mandy" <martin.mandy at ns.sympatico.ca>
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: Dollhouse?
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 20:24:04 GMT
And this as well.....
*clip*
Displays of miniatures apparently originated in Germany in the 16th century.
The most famous of those early displays were the Nuremberg Kitchens, tiny
duplicates of people-sized kitchens frequently given to little girls as
"educational toys" of their time.
>> http://www.cir-kitconcepts.com/MinHistory.html
*end clip*
There is also brief mention of the Bavarian dolls house in the florilegium
http://www.florilegium.org/files/CHILDREN/Toys-in-th-MA-art.html
Griet
From: chimericalgirl at home.com (StrangeGirl)
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: Dollhouse?
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 21:00:09 GMT
"Mandy" <martin.mandy at ns.sympatico.ca> shouted over the general babble
in a vain attempt to be heard:
>Ok, I love this topic :o)
<snipped lots of neat info>
Thanks for this and all the other bits. Fascinating! If you do find
more info on the early royal dollhouse, I'm dying know about it :)
Also, the publisher of an excellent line of dolls house hobbyist's DIY
books can be found here (I own several of the books shown on the
site):
<this will wrap, so cut and paste>
http://www.davidandcharles.co.uk/dandc/results.asp?TAG=&CID=dandc&CAUTHOR=&CAUTHOR_O=CONTAINS+ALL&ctitle=&CTITLE_O=CONTAINS+ALL&keyword=dolls+house&KEYWORD_O=CONTAINS+ALL&FORM_OB=%24RANK&FILTER_format_code=&FORM_C=AND
Or go to
http://www.davidandcharles.co.uk/dandc/search.asp?TAG=&CID=dandc
and search for "dolls house"
Two or three of the books have instructions for making scale model
homes or interiors in our period.
Margery la A
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