1830-1900
GUSN-11582
A two sided hinged door cupboard raised on turned feet that has been transformed into a dollhouse by an addition of a pedimented roof with two chimneys and a molded cornice. There are four window holes cut into the sides. Printed all over is a faux-brick pattern in red and white. The pediment is painted with lace curtained windows. The feet are painted green. The house trim is painted white. The interior has four rooms, each with patterned wallpaper.
dollhouses
painting (coating)
turning (shaping process)
wood (plant material)
Painted
Turned
Wood
Dollhouse
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
57 1/4 x 44 1/2 x 21 3/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1654
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