#228

Fine Large German Two-Room Dollhouse with Biedermeier Furnishings
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$2,800
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13"h. x 24"w. x 13"d. A wooden framed stage-like setting with unusual brick exterior features a finely furnished dining room, adjoined to a small garden room with opening door between. The setting has three ornamental columns at the front, while there are three large six-pane windows at the rear, each with carved canopy and curtains. The rooms have old wallpaper and paper lithographed floors in wood patterns, and there is a ceiling chandelier in each room. The dining room is furnished in Biedermeier style comprising hutch with mirror,table,4 chairs with silk upholstery, two-drawer dresser, desk with 2 cupboards and niches, and a clock with faux bone columns. The garden room has painted white furnishings with an unusual tea table, of which the top is a tin lithographed lift-out tray with blue-stenciled designs, and the chairs are stamped "CU" (intertwined in circle mark). Accessories include silver soft metal inkwell, tea service, sewing stand, and three tier stand with marble shelf. There is an unusual carved bone table lamp, painted metal stove with coal bucket decorated with decoupage, 2 bisque statues,2 lithographed portraits, hanging embroidered tapestry, woven carpet, 2 gilded mirrors, fine early framed engraving labeled "Mrs Carnac", and an early miniature pastel of older man, set in silver brooch frame. A richly furnished arrangement with unusual pieces, also featuring a bisque head gentleman with modeled top hat. Circa 1885.