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The site offers more than 6,000 items of dolls house furniture, plus the houses themselves. [2] It trades around the world and e-business methods are tapping markets in the UK, USA, Canada and Australia [3] with web portals dealing with local currency, pricing and shipping. It was founded in 1979 by Jackie Lee and her then husband Adam Purser ...
Titania's Palace is a miniature castle (dollhouse) that was hand-built in Ireland by James Hicks & Sons, Irish Cabinet Makers, who were commissioned by Sir Nevile Wilkinson from 1907 to 1922. Wilkinson's daughter Guendolen claimed to have seen a fairy running under the roots of a tree, in a wood beside their home at Mount Merrion House.
Flora Gill Jacobs' first book, A History of Dolls’ Houses, was published in 1953. [14] Both collectors opened museums dedicated to dolls houses, the Rotunda (1962-1998) in Oxford, England, and the Washington Dolls’ House & Toy Museum (1975-2004), [15] in Washington D.C., US.
If you have any dolls from 1980s, when the product line was first introduced, they can be worth anywhere from $2,000 to $5,000 today. For example, a mint-condition "Molly" doll, still in its box ...
There have been many other styles of Lundby dollhouse introduced over the years, such as the 'Stockholm' House in 1975 (and a newer, more modern, version in 2005). Lundby houses, furniture and accessories are 3/4 inch scale, also known as 1:16 or today as 1:18 scale, where 1 foot in real life is 3/4 inch in dollhouse size. [citation needed]
The dolls wish they lived in a dolls' house like this, but Mr. Plantagenet points out that what they really wish for is to live in that exact dolls' house. After Emily and Charlotte inherit a dolls' house from their great-aunt, the doll family are moved in. The house has a green front door with a knocker and six steps.
Faith Eaton (1927 - 2005) was a major British doll and dolls' house collector, who published widely on the history, manufacture and care of toys. She was a founder member of the Doll Club of Great Britain, The Dolls' House Society and the Dollmakers Circle. Her archive is held at the V&A Museum of Childhood in London.
The Astolat Dollhouse Castle was acquired by collector L. Freeman in 1996 and moved to the Nassau County Museum of Art. [18] Freeman is an avid collector of dollhouses and since her acquisition of the Astolat Dollhouse Castle she has continually upgraded its interiors with additional one-of-a-kind antique miniatures, tiny antique furniture, and paintings in addition to those that already ...