Doll's house bookcase
Category
Dolls' houses and furnishings
Date
1970 - 1979
Materials
Wood and metal
Measurements
57 mm (width); 24 mm (depth); 54 mm (height)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 663541
Summary
A doll's house size bookcase (contents of 1970s doll's house, inventory number - 663517). Made of wood with one shelf containing seven yellow 'books' and six red 'books' made out of wood, with a black line across. The bookcase has a drop-down door which opens, but can't open fully as it begins pushing on the inside wood causing it to spilt. The door has a metal round handle, with the hinges sticking out either side of the bookcase. It stands on two small square feet.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mrs Joyce Howard-Monks in 2010. Part of the contents of the ‘Hobbies’ doll’s house – inventory number 663517 - made by the donor’s father, Ronald Graham (b.1902), for his two grandchildren Lynn Pick (b.1964) and Dawn Lawton (b.1966).