Doll's house book
Category
Dolls' houses and furnishings
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cardboard and paper
Measurements
Each row of books - 38 mm (length); 29 mm (width); 20 mm (height)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 668090
Summary
Two imitation rows of books for a doll's house bookcase (contents from Mrs Buckland's doll's house - inventory number - 661787). Each consists of a rectangular box made from cardboard whose sides are covered in textured paper, one row in red, the other green. Along the front, each is impressed to form the spine of the books with the titles being 1 to 5. There are the remains of gold-coloured paint along the decorative lines across the spines. Total number of items is 2.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mrs Y. Buckland in May 1979.