Monday, September 18, 2023
Furnishing a 17th-century dolls' house
Handmade in Germany in 1643, the Nuremberg Dolls’ House is a well-preserved time capsule of 17th century life in miniature. In this video, curator Will Newton and conservators Robert Mitchell and Dana Melchar carefully dress the delicate V&A artifact with its accessories. I am currently arranging full sized furniture in my new house. My limbs are aching. I wish my own accessories were miniature.
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I guess that dollhouse is where it will stay and not be moved or they'll have to take much of that stuff out again.
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One of the highlights of my travels was seeing the collection of 17th century dollhouses at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. I prepared for it by reading The Miniaturist , a novel inspired by Petronella Oortman's doll's house.
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