by Karen Nyenhuis | Mar 12, 2024 | A Miniature French Chateau
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...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Mar 11, 2024 | A Miniature French Chateau
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...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Mar 11, 2024 | A Miniature French Chateau
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...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Mar 10, 2024 | A Miniature French Chateau
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...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Mar 10, 2024 | A Miniature French Chateau
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...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Mar 9, 2024 | A Miniature French Chateau
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...
