by Karen Nyenhuis | May 12, 2024 | A Miniature Colonial House
Delft Tiles. The blue and white tiles around the fireplace are rendered with wallpaper, but real tiles would have been made of fired clay. Delft, a type of tin-glazed earthenware pottery produced in the Netherlands, was very popular in the American colonies and...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Apr 13, 2024 | A Miniature Colonial House, Historical Clothing
Georgian Hair. This six-inch doll has a set of wigs. Women in the eighteenth century did not wear wigs unless they had lost their real hair due to disease or age. They did use hairpieces, however, to add extra curls and buns. Hairpieces clipped into their natural hair...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Apr 11, 2024 | A Miniature Colonial House
Painted Furniture. The large cabinet with the Georgian horse and rider motif is a Ruth Pollock original, dated 1999. The trunk is signed by Ruth Pollock in 1998. I found a note tucked into the trunk about regarding Ruth Pollock. Sept. 2014 These are my favorite...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Apr 8, 2024 | A Miniature Colonial House
The Blue Bedroom. The cursive signature etched into the wood of the bedframe is difficult to read, but likely reads “M....
by Karen Nyenhuis | Apr 6, 2024 | A Miniature Colonial House
An Historical Oxymoron, or Right Era, Wrong Country. My mother made this tiled stove and painted it to match the motif in the toile wallpaper. Toile is a French creation from the mid eighteenth century that the British adored. Tiled warming stoves were invented in...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Apr 6, 2024 | A Miniature Colonial House
The Yellow Bedroom. The portrait is Abigail Adams by Gilbert Stuart. The doll has changed her hair. She has a set of wigs. More on wigs and hats later. The bed and chair are signed “N. Belt ’83.” The chamber pot would normally be hidden under the bed...
