by Karen Nyenhuis | May 11, 2025 | A Miniature French Chateau in 1810
French Chateau My mother built this house in 1999. She has degrees in fine art and design from Stanford and Parsons and crafted a series of historical dollhouses in her later years. The following excerpt is from her notes. (Chuck and Alice in the excerpt were the...
by Karen Nyenhuis | May 11, 2025 | A Miniature French Chateau in 1810
Master Bedroom My mother purchased the bed in Newport Beaach, California. The maker is unknown. The fireplace is by Dan Humphries of Ah! Miniatures in Minneapolis. The double dresser is Bespaq Miniatures. My mother made the painted side table herself. Photos by Karen...
by Karen Nyenhuis | May 11, 2025 | A Miniature French Chateau in 1810
Tapestries These tapestries are actually two halves of my grandmother’s antique petit point evening bag from Vienna, which my mother cut apart to hang in her 1810 French chateau. The scenes are late eighteenth century rather than 1810 when the chateau is staged....
by Karen Nyenhuis | May 11, 2025 | A Miniature French Chateau in 1810
Upper Gallery The upper gallery and lower receiving rooms of the 1810 French chateau, with a connecting curved staircase. The boy in the silk suit is Bonnie Sanford porcelain and dressed by Marlys Sellers. I think the pink flower bouquet is Beverly Dahl. Photos by...
by Karen Nyenhuis | May 11, 2025 | A Miniature French Chateau in 1810
The waistline indicated the era. The lower waistlines on the two dolls on the left indicate the late eighteenth century or Georgian era. The higher waistline on the doll on the right, called “Empire” after the Napoleonic Empire in France, is also the...
by Karen Nyenhuis | May 11, 2025 | A Miniature French Chateau in 1810
A Century of Children’s Clothing The dolls dressed in burgundy are called “Jodi” and “Jamie” and are by Beverly Dahl. The lace collar on the boy looks Georgian to me, while the higher empire waist on the girl looks Regency. The girl with...
