Doll's house desk
Category
Dolls' houses and furnishings
Date
circa 1930 - circa 1939
Materials
Wood
Measurements
75 mm (width); 80 mm (height); 55 mm (depth)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 665960
Summary
A doll's house writing desk made of dark polished wood (from 'Bella Vista' doll's house - inventory number 661761). The fixed lid has a cream paper panel in its centre. Beneath the writing top is a front lower panel decorated with a transfer-printed swag. The edges of the top panel and the one underneath the sloping front are painted white, and there is also one turned white painted leg supporting the top on the right-hand side. A similar leg on the left is missing. Two feet at the back are also missing. There is a piece of beading detached from the front below the sloping front. Total number of items is 2.