Dollhouses & Furnishings Identification
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About / identifying dollhouse dolls
About / history / identification
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Dollhouse dolls:
About dollhouses & identifying dollhouses (dolls, furniture, & houses)
About / history / identification
About / history:
Antique & vintage photos of dollhouses
Antique dollhouses
Department store catalogs 1933–1980s: http://wishbookweb.com/
Modern kits, examples: http://nanasminis.com/contents.html
Tutorial: Constructing a modern kit dollhouse
Antique dollhouses and furniture
http://www.flickr.com/photos/monicamo/sets/72157603850750815/
http://tinyurl.com/yk2axbv
http://www.vam.ac.uk/moc/collections/dolls_houses/index.html
19th-century dollhouse, “The Lala House”
Atlantic City Beach House 1910–30
German dollhouses & furniture, antique
German grocery store & kitchen; Swiss kitchen
Amersham / Eisenmann / Rees (EINCO), England ca. 1880s–1970s
History
Barn example
Photographs, 1930s houses
Photographs of various houses
Arcade Co., cast iron furniture 1923–1940s
http://www.mckendry.net/DOLLHOUSES/late-1920s.htm
http://tulsatinystuff.blogspot.com/2010/01/my-arcade-collection.html
About, & photos: http://www.stephcohs.org/arcade_structo_toys.htm
“Arcadians” booklet
History of company
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Baps dolls by Edith von Arps, 1940s–50s
Barton 1945–1984. See Lundby.
Caroline’s Home:
Tudor-style furniture 1970s
Beidermeier-style furniture
http://www.mckendry.net/DOLLHOUSES/1890s.htm#1890s
Bisque antique dollhouse dolls
1920s example: http://www.britishdollshowcase.co.uk/index.html
German makers:
Bliss, Germany
http://www.thomes.net/toys/Bliss.htm
Church ca. 1894: http://www.oldtoyz1.com/misccarol.html
House ca. 1890–1915, photo
Houses, photographs of
Blue Box, Hong Kong 1960s–80s
http://rebeccascollections.blogspot.com/search/label/Blue%20Box
http://smallstuff-blogspot.blogspot.com/search/label/Blue%20Box
Bodo Hennig 1980s
Bodensee house 1981
Brimtoy / British Metal & Toys 1950s
My Dolly’s Kitchen
BRIO, Sweden 1955–1977
http://www.swedish-dollshouses.com/Brioindex.htm
Arne Jacobsen designs, Scanditoy Mobilia house & furniture:
Catalogs: http://peppesdollhousepage.com/oldcataloques.htm
Brumberger 1970s
http://www.barbigirl.com/brumberger.htm
http://nanasminis.com/houses19.html
Chalet house, asymmetrical roof
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Built-Rite dollhouses, see Warren Paper Products
Bungalow Book & Toy Co.
Betty’s Bungalow Doll-House 1913, cardboard house
Betty’s Bungalow Doll-House 1913, interior photos
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Caco / Caho dollhouse-size dolls, Germany
Identifying
1950s–60s tennis players, original boxes
FAO Schwarz “Peasant House” with Caho dolls & Dora Kuhn furniture
Cass Toys / N. D. Cass Co., doll and dollhouse furniture
Child Guidance
Magnetic house 1964:
Christian Hacker, Germany 1860s–1914
http://dreamdollhouse.blogspot.com/2008_11_01_archive.html
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47773364@N00/3277097156/
Six-room house with elevator, photo
Stable; shows maker’s mark
Three-story house
Colleen Moore’s Dollhouse, 1920s–1930s
Colleen Moore’s Dollhouse & Doll, by Rich Toys for Marshall Field 1934:
Colleen Moore’s Fairy Castle, Museum of Science & Industry, virtual tour:
Converse Co., Massachusetts 1910–1930s
http://tinyurl.com/yf9frsc
http://tinyurl.com/yhghmq8
Realy-Truly furniture 1930s:
Corona Concepts, modern
Instruction sheets
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Dora Kuhn, Germany 1912–
http://www.mckendry.net/DOLLHOUSES/1960-1990part2.htm
FAO Schwarz “Peasant House” with Caho dolls & Dora Kuhn furniture
Painted furniture 1/16 scale, 1950s
Painted furniture, photographs, 1960s
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Eagle Toy, Canada
Panorama, octagonal dollhouse (octagon or round shape):
Edi dollhouse dolls, Germany
http://vintdolls.com/tinydolls.html
1951 catalog page, photo
Erna Meyer, Germany, 1945–
About / identification comparison to Caco, Grecon & Tomac dolls
About, identifying
Advertisements, books, & photographs
Scales; examples in different scales
School set in 1957 Bloomingdale’s catalog (PDF file, p. 3)
School set / classroom dolls
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FAO Schwarz
1890 “Mystery” house
1900 dollhouse
1937 dollhouse
1940 photo from Life magazine
1940s house, example
1967 furniture; Forest Tree House; Mouse House
“Peasant House” with Caho dolls & Dora Kuhn furniture:
Fisher-Price dollhouses 1970s–
http://mydreamdollhouse.com/
1978–1985 and 1993–1999
Dream Dollhouse, Grand Dollhouse, Loving Family:
Other Fisher-Price dolls (not dollhouse)
Fold-Away Doll House by Rudolph J. Gutmann 1949
Fold-Away Doll House 1949
Furniture & furnishings for dollhouses
1950s: http://www.cataumet.net/carolyn/dollhouse.htm (music)
Homemade dollhouse & furnishings, ca. 1970s
Pianos: http://www.minipianos.com/museum1.html
Quilts & rugs from silk & flannel tobacco premiums ca. 1906–1920s:
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German dollhouses 1920s– . See also Antique dollhouses.
1940s–70s: http://www.puppenhausmuseum.de/
Kitchens: http://www.album1900.com/toys/dollshouses/dollskitchens.php
Shops or stores (room boxes)
Goebel Miniatures 1970s–
Stuart Library Collection 1979
Gottschalk
http://www.thomes.net/toys/blueroof.htm
http://tinyurl.com/yzz7sfk
1900: http://www.album1900.com/toys/dollshouses/dollshouses.php
Bathroom furnishings
Houses, photographs of:
Kitchen boxes and kitchen furnishings
Red roof house ca. 1910
School room
Grandmother Stover’s miniatures, 1950s–
Examples
1960s example, tools/charms
Toy tree
Grecon dolls by Margarete Cohn, England, 1936–1986
Identifying
http://smallstuff-blogspot.blogspot.com/search/label/Grecon
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Hall’s Lifetime Toys
http://d21c.com/5678/franciesprogram.html
http://tulsatinystuff.blogspot.com/2010/01/my-halls-collection.html
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Ideal dollhouse, Petite Princess 1964–1969
http://www.barbigirl.com/petiteprincess.htm
http://www.petiteprincess.com/inhouse.html (music)
http://tinyurl.com/yzq48hy
Furniture example, gold drum chair
History: http://www.petiteprincess.com/history.html (music)
Piano: http://www.minipianos.com/museum1.html
Princess Patti 1965
Sears catalog 1964, first page
Sears catalog 1964, second page
Sears catalog 1964, third page, shows dolls
See also other Ideal dolls (not dollhouse)
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Jaylene Toy Co., Philadelphia 1940s–
4-Room Jaylene House
Julie Ann Dolls, Shreve Island Plantation, La. 1930s
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Kage 1938–1948
http://www.mckendry.net/DOLLHOUSES/1940s.htm
http://tulsatinystuff.blogspot.com/2010/01/my-kage-collection.html
Furniture, shown in 1930s dollhouse
Radios
Kaleidoscope House by Peter Wheelright / Bozart Toys 2002
About, with rotational view photographs
Keystone 1930s–1950s
http://cataumet.net/carolyn2/dollhouse23.htm (music)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fnbettge/sets/
http://www.mckendry.net/DOLLHOUSES/1940s.htm
http://www.mclew.net/keystone/ksblueroof.htm
http://www.squidoo.com/vintage_dollhouses_by_Keystone
Kiddie Brush & Toy
Friendly Folks Motel 1954: http://www.barbigirl.com/mettoy.htm
Kilgore Ohio, cast iron furniture 1920s–1930s
http://www.mckendry.net/DOLLHOUSES/late-1920s.htm
http://tulsatinystuff.blogspot.com/2010/01/my-killgore-collection.html
http://tinyurl.com/ybebrud
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Lines Brothers / G. & J. Lines, England 1850s–
1895 house: http://www.thomes.net/toys/Lines.htm
History
Triang brand 1924–
Little Tikes dollhouses 1980s–
Lundby dollhouses, Sweden 1960s–
http://carolinemockett.com/cameron/pages.php?projID=20&pageID=56
http://www.mckendry.net/LUNDBY%20DOLLHOUSE/LUNDBY.htm
http://www.lundby.eigenstart.nl/
http://www.swedish-dollshouses.com/lundbyindex.htm
http://www.toysmiles.com/
http://www.kolumbus.fi/mervipirinen/
Caroline’s Home by Barton
Catalogs in English: http://dollhouse.mine.nu/oldcataloques.htm
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Marx, Louis; dollhouses and furniture
http://nanasminis.com/houses19.html
http://vintdolls.com/dollhouse.html
http://smallstuff-blogspot.blogspot.com/search/label/Louis%20Marx
1950s tin Colonial #4018
Marxie Mansion or Marx-a-Mansion:
Other Marx dolls (not dollhouse)
Sindy doll furniture: http://www.sindydolly.com/marxcataloguepictures.htm
McLoughlin Brothers
http://www.mckendry.net/DOLLHOUSES/1890s.htm
1884 pop-up paper dollhouse
1894 set of 4 lithographed rooms
Mettoy, England 1933–1960s
http://smallstuff-blogspot.blogspot.com/search/label/Mettoy
1950s tin house
1950s–1960s tin house
Emergency Room/Hospital: http://www.barbigirl.com/mettoy.htm
MPC / Multiple Products Co. 1960s–
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/164588004jhicxm
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Plasco
http://www.barbigirl.com/plasco.htm
http://www.mckendry.net/DOLLHOUSES/1950s.htm
1949 furniture & 45 rpm record, Billy & Ruth catalog (PDF file, pp. 7–8)
Ranch house and furnishings
Plastic furniture
Care & cleaning of plastic dollhouse furniture
Playmobil by Geobra
http://collectobil.com/catalogue/themes/dollhouse.htm
1991 Sears catalog
Playskool dollhouses. See also Playskool dolls
http://mydreamdollhouse.com/
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Reliable dollhouses (Ideal)
http://www.mckendry.net/TOYS/toys.htm (scroll down)
See also Reliable dolls.
Remco dollhouses
http://www.barbigirl.com/remco.htm
See also Remco dolls.
Re-ment miniatures Japan 1998–
1:12 scale sizing: http://mini-sizer.wikispaces.com/
Renwal dollhouse dolls & furniture 1945–
http://vintdolls.com/dollhouse.html
1952 dollhouse and furniture
Dolls and furniture
Kitchen set for larger dolls 1948–50
Radios
Rich Toys
About: http://www.antiquetoyarchive.com/products.asp?cat=73
Colleen Moore’s Dollhouse, Marshall Field 1934
Colonial House 1940s
Tudor-style dollhouse late 1930s
Tudor-style dollhouse 1930s
Room by Room, modern
http://nanasminis.com/roombyroom.html
Family dolls
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Schmidt Lithographing, San Francisco 1920s–1930s
Wonderland Doll’s House
Schoenhut dollhouses & dollhouse furniture 1917–1934
http://www.mckendry.net/DOLLHOUSES/1930s-part_2.htm
http://www.oldwoodtoys.com/schoenhut_toys.htm
http://tinyurl.com/yzz7sfk
Example, four-room
Example, two-room cottage
Hollywood Home Builder 1928
See also other Schoenhut dolls
Sears & Roebuck
Catalogs, 1940s–1980s: http://www.wishbookweb.com/
Department Store: http://www.barbigirl.com/sears.htm
Interior Decorator, 1960s:
Tekwood, Sears Happitime 1945
Shackman dollhouse dolls & furniture
http://www.mckendry.net/DOLLHOUSES/1960-1990part2.htm
http://www.mckendry.net/LIGHTS_DOLLHOUSES/LIGHTS.htm
Silber & Fleming, England
Antique
History
Photographs
http://dreamdollhouse.blogspot.com/2008_11_01_archive.html
Spot-On (Spot On), Northern Ireland 1930s–1960s. See also Tri-Ang.
http://spot-on-collector.com/dollshouse/index.htm
History: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spot_On
Room sets: http://spot-on-collector.com/roomsets/index.htm
Strombecker doll size & dollhouse furniture 1930s–1960s
1950s modern house & furniture
Painted furniture
Radios
Walnut furniture
Walnut tilt-top table, shows mark & box (scroll down)
1930s ¾-scale furniture, possibly Strombecker
1950s Ginny & other dolls: http://tinyurl.com/yftheww
Kewpie, 1969–73:
Superior, see T. Cohn
Sutherland Paper Co.
Play-Town Dollhouse, cardboard 1930s
Swedish dollhouses
http://www.swedish-dollshouses.com/
Brio 1955–1977
Lundby 1960s–
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Taylor & Barrett furniture & ovens, England
http://www.mckendry.net/DOLLHOUSES/1960-1990part2.htm
About / history
T. Cohn / Superior 1948–1968
http://www.angelfire.com/biz/toysoldierhq/Tcohn.html
http://www.barbigirl.com/cohn.htm
http://www.cataumet.net/carolyn4/ginny5.htm (music)
http://www.mckendry.net/DOLLHOUSES/1960-1990part1.htm
http://vintdolls.com/dollhouse.html
1949 Billy and Ruth catalog (PDF file, p. 6)
1951 Billy and Ruth catalog (PDF file)
Tiny Town dolls by Alma LeBlanc, 1940s–50s
Tomac Scotland, dollhouse-size dolls
Identifying
http://smallstuff-blogspot.blogspot.com/search/label/Grecon
Tomy Smaller Home and Garden, 1980s–
Sometimes misspelled as “Smaller Homes and Gardens.”
http://www.mckendry.net/DOLLHOUSES/1960-1990part2.htm
http://www.mckendry.net/COLLECTOR'S_FEVER/Collector's_Fever.htm
http://www.emilymorganti.com/dollhouse/tomy/tomy.html
Furniture sets
House, photos of
Sylvanian house
See also Tomy dolls (not dollhouse size)
Tootsietoy 1920s–1930s
http://www.mckendry.net/DOLLHOUSES/1920s.htm
http://tinyurl.com/yfu8lxx
1920s ad: http://myrealitty.blogspot.com/2010/03/my-new-wall.html
1929 ad in Parents’ Magazine
1930 ad in Parents’ Magazine
Furniture for Colleen Moore’s Dollhouse, Marshall Field 1934
Tri-ang (Triang) by Lines Brothers, England 1924–
See also Lines Brothers / G. & J. Lines, England 1850s–
http://www.collectorcafe.com/article_archive.asp?article=250&id=1143
http://www.squidoo.com/vintagedollshouses
1930s house with garage
1937–38 catalog
About/history; with video of 1930s house
Examples, 1930s–50s houses
Furniture
History
Spot-On furniture
Stockerbroker model, 1930s
Tudor Toys / GeeBee, England
1946–78: http://susanshouses.blogspot.com/2009/11/my-new-house.html
House & shop with Romside windows
House, photograph
Tea Room
TynieToy dollhouses, dolls & furniture 1917–1945
http://www.mckendry.net/DOLLHOUSES/1930s-part_2.htm
http://tynietoy.org/id4.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/archive/200501A18.html
http://tulsatinystuff.blogspot.com/2010/01/my-tynietoy-collection.html
About / history:
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VERO, Germany
http://call-small.blogspot.com/2010/03/my-new-old-vero.html
1960s house
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Warren Paper Products / Built-Rite paper dollhouses
http://www.mckendry.net/DOLLHOUSES/1930s-part_1.htm
Play-Time Doll House 1932
History: http://www.megabloks.com/warren/warren.html
Wolverine tin dollhouses 1968–
http://www.barbigirl.com/wolverine.htm
http://www.thortrains.net/marx/wtin1.html
Woodmaster 1960s
http://www.greenleafdollhouses.com/news/articles/?a=53&z=10
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