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Tudor style doll's house circa 1930. A dollhouse or doll's house is a toy house made in miniature.Since the early 20th century dollhouses have primarily been the domain of children, but their collection and crafting is also a hobby for many adults.
The purpose of Nuremberg kitchens has usually been explained by dolls' house historians as meant to teach girls lessons in housekeeping and cooking. [7] However, these model kitchens are probably better understood as meant to encourage girls to adopt traditionally gendered social roles by making housekeeping seem fascinating through the appeal ...
Armand Marseille made a large variety of baby dolls, dolly-faced child dolls and character dolls. Brand names include Floradora, Queen Louise, Darling Dolly, the Dream Baby and Just Me. [ 4 ] The 1894 Floradora design came in various sizes from 23 cm (9.1 in) to 107 cm (42 in).
The Dollhouse Museum (German: Puppenhausmuseum) in Basel is the largest museum of its kind in Europe. Now known as the Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel (Toy Worlds Museum Basle). The museum is located at Barfüsserplatz in the city center.
Peg wooden dolls, also known as Dutch dolls (German: Grödner Gliederpuppen), are a type of wooden doll from South Tyrol. They originated as simple lathe-turned dolls from the Val Gardena in the Alps. [1] The name Pennywoods is also used for dolls of this type, in particular those made in the United States. [2] These dolls were sold undressed.
The Toy Museum and the German Games Archive in Nuremberg are part of the network Nuremberg Municipal Museums founded in 1994. Other places that are part of the network are the Dürer-Haus , the City Museum Fembohaus, the Tucher Mansion, the Museum for Industrial Culture, the Documentation Centre Nazi Party Rally Grounds and the Memorium ...
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The dolls are stamped with a variety of marks that sometimes contain a horseshoe. [5] Most of their dolls had closed mouths; dolls tend to be smaller than the dolls of the other manufacturers- the vast majority are under 50 cm tall. [6] Erst Heubach made a large variety of baby and toddler dolls with mould numbers including, 300, 320, 342 and 399.