Rare and Very Fine German Wooden Dollhouse Room by Mey & Widmayer with Original Furnishings

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27" (69 cm.) w. x 16"h. x 14"d (19" at set-back). The wooden framed room has exterior painting to simulate stonework,and a large single room centered by a set-back alcove with one step riser. The windows at the side and back are leaded in the Renaissance style with intricate detail. There are faux-doors at either side of the alcove with rich paneling,and a deep window sill with potted plants. Old wall paper with ceiling border and lithographed-paper wainscoting to simulate wood paneling covers the walls,and the large right side door is paneled with elaborate cornice. The original wood floor is parquet,a six-arm silver metal candelabra hangs from wooden rod,and there are three pieces of attached furniture,original to the house: cupboard with impressed-design red panels on doors and porcelain knobs,grandfather clock with porcelain face,and pier mirror. In addition there is a matching trestle table,four matching chairs (one lacking leg),and a baby cradle. Accessories include a bronze deer head,two bent-wood boxes with paper-mache animal mounts,a well-laden table with pewter dishes,two steins,and a cast iron dog. A fine early bisque doll presides over the room,having slender face with painted features,brunette hair,pierced ears,muslin body,bisque lower limbs,and wearing her original elaborate folklore costume. Excellent condition. Germany,Mey & Widmayer,circa 1894,the duplicate room with furnishings. was shown in a sample book of that firm,see Cieslik?s Lexikon der Puppenstuben und Puppenhauser,page 136