Onsite
Highest Bidder
$300
Sold
sold
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- Estimate
- $400 / $500
Description
15" (38 cm.) x 12" shop. 8" dolls. A wooden box with crest labeled "The Doll's Fashion Shop" has original painted exterior with Art Deco style decorations, and hinges open to reveal a fitted interior with two wooden doll mannequins having painted hair and facial features, and four rows of shelves with fourteen different interchangeable hat forms, various cardboard hat brim and decorative trim, and some costumes. Condition: contents excellent, the box exterior has original finish albeit rubbed. Comments: Germany, Wilde & Spieth, post-WWII 1940s/50s, for the American market. The German firm, founded in 1831, was noted for carpentry products made by local craftsmen; in the late 1940s the firm changed style direction and became noted for its furniture now celebrated as mid-century modern. The Fashion Shop is a charming blend of the two focuses. Value Points: rarely found piece, included is a booklet telling about the shop, along with printed patterns for recommended styles.