tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post6954099141593447334..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: NHG Library: Dolls' HousesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-26533802531766531792010-08-27T20:11:10.846-04:002010-08-27T20:11:10.846-04:00Chris, thank you so much for the link. The book h...Chris, thank you so much for the link. The book has some photos of parts of Mon Plaisir, but it's only a small sampling. I didn't realize it was quite so extensive. What an extraordinary undertaking!LorettaChasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03641586650738945106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-79211589987866833362010-08-27T07:50:53.275-04:002010-08-27T07:50:53.275-04:00One of the most fascinating dollshouse artifacts I...One of the most fascinating dollshouse artifacts I've seen is Mon Plaisir, an 18th century miniature doll city with over 400 dolls and scores of buildings/roomboxes depicting everything from a convent to beggars and dancing bears. It was built by Augusta Dorothea von Scharzburg-Arnstadt over a span of years. Furstin Augusta nearly bankrupted herself over her hobby and may have converted to Catholicism because the nuns were willing to loan her money! All the dolls have exquisitely made miniatures garments and shoes and accessories. Many items survive at Mon Plaisir that have not survived in full-size. It is rather a miracle that this assemblage has survived centuries and wars to delight us today. Here is a flash presentation. http://www.arnstadt.de/index.php?structureID=1780<br />There are also at least three books on Die Puppenstadt. They are all in German, but the most recent, Matthias Klein u. Carola Müller Die Puppenstadt im Schlossmuseum zu Arnstadt, Die Blauen Bucher, has (rather inadequate) English summaries for the photo captions. You can also read about it in Leonie von Wilckens Mansions in Miniature, which has lots of good photos of early baby houses.<br />TMI perhaps, but I am a huge fan of historic dollshouses and what they have to tell us. I also collect miniatures to excess, but have not yet bankrupted my kingdom!Chris Woodyardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-85322035728241956832010-08-26T19:25:28.566-04:002010-08-26T19:25:28.566-04:00There's another wonderful doll house in the fo...There's another wonderful doll house in the folk art collection in Williamsburg, a house that belonged to artist/author Tasha Tudor. I found pix via Flickr:<br /><br />http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=tasha+tudor+dollhouse&w=all&s=int&referer_searched=1Isabella Bradford/Susan Holloway Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997375216314200469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-77315403460881901032010-08-26T17:34:25.053-04:002010-08-26T17:34:25.053-04:00Ever since I was a little girl I've loved doll...Ever since I was a little girl I've loved doll houses. The book I loved the best about them was Rumer Godden's "The Doll House", and I was sure my own dolls came to life at night like the ones in that book did. Maybe they did, lol! Thank you for reminding me!Trishanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-18981900235616229722010-08-26T15:30:31.792-04:002010-08-26T15:30:31.792-04:00Thanks for alerting us to those links. I've b...Thanks for alerting us to those links. I've been lucky enough to see a couple of those in person, and they truly are amazing--they're among those "how did they <i>do</i> that" artifacts.<br /><br />Although after reading M.R. James' "The Haunted Dolls' House," I've never been able to think of them in quite the same way again.Undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-55851510579887994482010-08-26T14:41:25.142-04:002010-08-26T14:41:25.142-04:00I love doll houses, too! There's something abo...I love doll houses, too! There's something about having whole little worlds in miniature. I must look for this book. These links are fabulous!Felicity Flowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06821536703407619270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-941657205215559172010-08-26T09:16:30.146-04:002010-08-26T09:16:30.146-04:00I just LOVE doll houses and their dreamy settings ...I just LOVE doll houses and their dreamy settings that tell tales of their own. Great posts and thanks for the extra links too:)Lucy https://www.blogger.com/profile/13600064401395449845noreply@blogger.com