Early Scandinavia, 18th Century Europe, and a Miniature Museum

Regency Children’s Fashion. Boys wore breeches and short coats. Girl wore muslin dresses, plain or decorated with lace and ribbon. When a girl reached marriageable age, her hems would be lowered to conceal the ankles. The parlor table is from Bespaq Fine Miniatures.

The Nursery. The dolls and the rocking horse are more appropriate for the Victorian era. The tradition of dressing little boys in sailor suits began with the famous painting of Prince Albert in 1846....

The Master Bedroom. The bed is not specific to the Regency era, but is simply in the house because it is unusual and beautiful. It is unmarked. The dresser and hutch are from Bespaq Fine Miniatures. The low table at the end of the bed is signed "September 1998,...

​ The kitchen. The Crest branded copper-plated stove is a brand of miniatures, rather than an actual stove brand. The copper is for show. Early stoves were made of cast iron. The stove in this kitchen is much later than 1810. In 1810, the kitchen would have had a cast...

My mother made the writing desk in the receiving room. The needlepoint chair in the dining room was made by Nicole Walton Marble and dressed by Judee Williamson in 1999.

A Century of Women’s Fashion. The doll on the left wears a typical everyday ensemble with a cutaway half gown. The lacing would normally thread through the lapels of the gown and secure it over her bodice.  The doll in the centers wears a formal eighteenth century or...

A Century of Men’s Fashions. I found several male dolls dressed in period fashion while unpacking my mother’s miniature collection, but only one of them actually fits in 1810.  On the left, the doll is clearly French, but his ensemble is mid-eighteenth century. The...

The Dining Room. The girl doll is by Beverly Dahl, made in March 1995, 1 in a series, named Jodie and set in 1810. The boy is unmarked, but I think my mother bought a whole set of dolls at a miniature show in Chicago for this house at one time. The needlepoint settee...

Georgian Tapestries. They are actually two sides of an antique needlepoint evening bag that belonged to my grandmother. The clothing in the scenes identifies them as Georgian rather than Regency, or late eighteenth century rather than early nineteenth century.

The Dining Room. The dining room is large, so I will photograph it in sections. The dolls will be photographed individually in separate posts. The Georgian tapestry on the back wall is actually one side of an antique needlepoint handbag that belonged to my...

A Gentleman Caller. The female doll was made by Beverly Dahl in March 1995. She has a tag naming her Josephine that indicates she is number one in a series from Dahl House of Miniatures. The gentleman is unmarked, but I would guess that he is a matched pair with...