by Karen Nyenhuis | Apr 5, 2024 | A Miniature Colonial House
The Yellow Bed. This is my favorite piece in the entire collection. The bed frame is signed “N. Belt ’83.” This bed was purchased at a miniature show or shop, back before there was online shopping. The coverlet is embroidered matelasse, and the quilt...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Apr 5, 2024 | A Miniature Colonial House, Historical Clothing
Women’s Fashion: Georgian or Regency? The easiest way to tell Georgian, or late eighteenth century, from Regency, or early nineteenth century, women’s fashion apart is by the waistline. Georgian waistlines sat at the hip, often with a point just below the navel....
by Karen Nyenhuis | Apr 1, 2024 | A Miniature Colonial House, Historical Clothing
Men’s Fashion: Georgian or Regency? The term Georgian refers to time when the first four King Georges reigned in England, from 1714 to 1820. The term Regency refers to the time when King George IV was declared unfit to rule and England was ruled by the Prince Regent,...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Mar 30, 2024 | A Miniature Colonial House
This house is an American colonial set in New York in 1780. My mother has fine art and design degrees from Stanford and Parsons circa 1955 and patterned her houses after period paintings. I’m not sure which piece she used for this house. The two inch by three...
