by Karen Nyenhuis | Mar 11, 2026 | A Miniature Gilded Age Tenement
Puffy sleeves appear and disappear in women’s fashion throughout history, but the enormous puffy sleeves on this doll were unique to the 1890’s. Sleeves of these enormous proportions required a structure underneath, usually of muslin with boning. Doll in golf...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Mar 11, 2026 | A Miniature Gilded Age Tenement
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by Karen Nyenhuis | Jan 14, 2026 | A Miniature Gilded Age Tenement
Miniature Immigrant Tenement in Gilded Age San Francisco The completion of the Transcontinental Railroad and the Gold Rush brought a massive influx of people to San Francisco in the Gilded Age. My mother created this 1:12 scale building with three apartments that she...
