Splendid French Miniature Room with Very Fine Gilt Bronze and Silk Furnishings

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17" (43 cm.) w. x 10"h. x 8"d. A folding dollhouse room as salon has two high arched windows with cardboard panes,original fancily-shaped cardboard valances and lavish lace curtains decorated with garlands of glass beads. A glass chandelier suspends and there is a centered mirror with printed frame; the walls,in fact,have original printed wallpaper which is lavishly covered with a myriad of paintings and portraits. The room is furnished with a set of fine gilt bronze furnishings having original silk upholstery with hand-painted scenes in the 18th-century style,along with a fancy gilt and soft metal table with attached banquet lamp and cigars and cigar cutter. Inhabiting the room is the lady of the home with sculpted brown hair and elegant gown,governess in her original costume holding baby,and a bisque theatre doll in original silk Polichinelle costume. Excellent condition. French,circa 1880,very rare and unusual decorative design is all-original,with rare luxury furnishings.