Doll's house furniture
Category
Dolls' houses and furnishings
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, ceramic and fabric
Measurements
Bedstead – 158 mm (length); 78 mm (width), Chaise-longue – 148 mm (length); 53 mm (width), Chair – 50 mm (width, Vases - 39 mm (min. height); 47 mm (max. height); 26 mm (diameter)
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 661799
Summary
Various pieces of doll’s house furniture comprising; a bedstead, for vases, a chaise-longue and a wooden chair. A wooden bedstead made of dark stained and varnished wood. The top of the head and foot are rounded. It has a wooden base and no bed-clothes or mattress. Four doll's house size ceramic vases, the first white with a gold painted rim and a painted design of pink, brown and black flowers with some gold spots and a mainly blue painted border. The second is tapered towards the top and is glazed brown inside and out. The third has shoulders and a flared top, and is glazed yellow inside and out. The fourth has a similar pattern to the first, with a shorter body and longer neck. A wooden chaise-longue upholstered in maroon velvet. Ornamental patterns are impressed into the wood. The back is covered in red paper. A wooden chair without arms, the woodwork painted green with orange lines. The seat and back are upholstered in pale green cotton with a floral motif. There is a fringe round the seat. Total number of items is 7.