Dolls' house
Category
Dolls' houses and furnishings
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, glass and plastic
Measurements
645 mm (width); 845 mm (height); 592 mm (depth)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 665973
Summary
A wooden doll's house painted three shades of brown. The house comes with 17 pieces of furniture recorded separately as inventory numbers 665974 to 665979. The roof has painted red tiles and four dormer windows with white window frames. The roof ridge has a scalloped edge and supports two pink chimney stacks, each with four cream chimney pots. There is a wide white metal gutter under each eave. Both the front and the back of the house open on four hinged doors, two at ground floor and two at first floor level. These can be held shut with small metal hooks. The front door is flanked by two white columns supporting a white portico. On either side is a bay window at the ground floor and three first floor windows. At the back are two narrow brown back doors beside each other. There are two ground floor windows and three first floor windows. On the left-hand side of the house are four ground floor and four first floor windows. On the right-hand side of the house are two ground floor and four first floor windows. Some of the windows are glazed with glass and some with transparent plastic. The interior of the house has lino flooring which in some rooms is broken - all is removable. There is also a fragment of green painted wood. In the front right-hand ground floor room is a fixed, tall, wooden dresser with two removable wooden drawers. All of the rooms have fixed fireplaces, except for the kitchen, which has a range. Total number of items is 12.