#106

German Wooden Doll House Rooms with Christmas Tree by Christian Hacker
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29" x 14" x 12". A wooden doll house room box has original ochre and cream painted exterior with gold accents and classic Hacker tassel ornament on front columns. The larger room has an unusual wide parlor window with arched sun window above four-paned smaller windows (the center two hinged to open) with fancy wooden cornice that matches the cornices over the center door-way and over the smaller bedroom window. The interior has original wall and floor papers with double borders in the living room that match with wainscoting paper,and an unusual three-section wall paper in the bedroom. The center doorway is painted cream with ochre and blue striping detail. The house is furnished with a daintily-scaled cherry-finish wooden dining and parlor service with fancy carving and spindles including dessert buffet,lady's desk,table,book stand,and matching settee,three chairs and an unusual child's corner chair with original patterned sateen fabric and silk fringe. The oak bedroom suite includes bed,wash-stand and night-stand. A gas lamp is hanging in the parlor and a glass-beaded lamp is in the bedroom. There is a small holiday feather-tree,milk glass tea service,soft-metal hanging clock and newspaper rack,ceramic parlor stove,painted tin bedroom stove,recording player with horn,milk glass tea service,metal-framed photograph album,various hanging prints,vases,two dogs,two cats,two bisque dollhouse ladies in original costumes,and one all-bisque child. Excellent condition. Germany,circa 1900,the house by Christian Hacker. The actual house is shown in the Kohler book,Christian Hacker,page 237. A charming petite size with wonderful original decorations,furniture sets,lamps and holiday tree.