#969

German Wooden Two-room Dollhouse Setting with Set-Back Alcove Attributed to Gottschalk
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35" (89 cm.) w. x 16"h. x 16"d (plus 6"d. alcove). The wooden-framed exterior has original ochre paint with grey painted pilasters at the front accented with gold and red,three sets of triple- paned windows with original wooden cornices having carved crest,original curtains on each room with ormolu tie-backs on two windows. A two-step set-back alcove sunroom is at the back of the parlor. The rooms have pleasing old wall paper and lithographed-paper floors to simulate parquet. A wooden door with Gottschalk handle and lithographed paper cover is between the two rooms. Good condition with some retouch of wood paint,probably an original railing at edge of alcove. Germany,attributed to Moritz Gottschalk,circa 1910,a pleasing bright room with original papers and curtains.