by Karen Nyenhuis | Apr 19, 2026 | A Miniature Colonial House
The Blue BedroomMy mother painted the trunk and wall cabinet herself.The bedside table is hallmarked “Derek Childerhouse 2001.”The handwoven rug is by Weevings in Vermont.The bed is unmarked. The Paneled FireplaceIn the yellow bedroom, paneled fireplace is surrounded...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Apr 6, 2026 | Great Northern War
Swedish historian Ulf Sundberg’s excellent thesis published in 2018, “Swedish Defensive Fortress Warfare in the Great Northern War 1702-1710,” is available to read on academia.edu and several other places. It is over four hundred pages long, so...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Mar 11, 2026 | A Miniature Gilded Age Tenement
Puffy sleeves appear and disappear in women’s fashion throughout history, but the enormous puffy sleeves on this doll were unique to the 1890’s. Sleeves of these enormous proportions required a structure underneath, usually of muslin with boning. Doll in golf...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Feb 23, 2026 | Religious Conflict in Eighteenth Century Europe
Sweden’s Involvement in the Jacobite Uprisings in Scotland The relationship between Sweden and Scotland goes back to the Kalmar War between Sweden and Denmark-Norway from 1611-1613. Scottish soldiers were sent to reinforce the Swedish armed forces, and British...
