Doll's house furniture
Kleeware
Category
Dolls' houses and furnishings
Date
Unknown
Materials
Leather, wood and plastic
Measurements
Log carrier - 35 mm (length); 30 mm (height); 25 mm (depth), Each log (min) - 15 mm (height), Each log (max) - 18 mm (height), Armchair - 65 mm (width); 55 mm (height); 65 mm (depth), Each vase (min) - 18 mm (height), Each vase (max) - 20 mm (height), Table - 35 mm (height); 57 mm (diameter), Standard lamp - 102 mm (height)
Place of origin
England
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 667798
Summary
Part of a collection of doll's house parlour furniture (contents of Mrs Harvey's doll's house, inventory number - 665940). The furniture consists of the following items: A varnished wooden circular table with a single column leg standing on a square base. A tall white plastic standard lamp with a white plastic shade. The shade is detachable and decorated with ridges. A red plastic mantle clock with a paper face inside a clear plastic window. The time is ten past seven. The manufacturer's name 'Kleeware' is inscribed on the back. A wooden log carrier, U-shaped, with a string handle. The carrier contains six white and black spotted logs, four at the bottom, and two criss-crossed on the top. A padded armchair covered in beige leather. Two blue vases of slightly different sizes. The top and bottom have a black line around them and a horizontal 'S' painted on them. Two doll's house size logs with bark. Total number of items is 10.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mrs T Harvey in 1985.
Marks and inscriptions
On the back of the mantle clock and on the bottom of the standard lamp: 'Kleeware / MADE IN / ENGLAND'
Makers and roles
Kleeware , maker