Mrs Neave's dolls' house
Dolls' House
ca. 1840 (made)
ca. 1840 (made)
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The house was bought from Mrs Neave of Cotham, Newark-on-Trent, in 1930. It dates from about 1840 but little is known about its origin. It is a snapshot of an early Victorian interior. Of particular interest is the nursery which, by this time, is a more comfortable, much less formal room than before, where a new mother would receive visitors to the new-born baby in some comfort as well as style. The exterior has pointed Gothic windows, an unusual feature in a dolls' house. The rooms are badly proportioned, and the full scale wallpaper and carpets emphasize this. Nonetheless the house conveys an atmosphere of undisturbed early Victorian domestic idyll.
Object details
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Title | Mrs Neave's dolls' house (popular title) |
Materials and techniques | Painted wood |
Brief description | Dolls' house known as the Neave House made in England about 1840 |
Physical description | Dolls' house made of painted wood with four rooms. The hipped roof has a moulded chimney stack with four chimney pots in the centre. The facade, painted buff in imitation of stonework has three arched windows above (one a dummy) and two below, all glazed and divided by bars. There is an arched doorway and the door is painted brown with two brass handles. On the upper floor is a bedroom and drawing room; on the lower a dining room and kitchen. The rooms are papered and contain a large number of pieces of miniature furniture, figures and other small accessories. Three of the floors are carpeted and there are curtains in the upper rooms. |
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Production type | Unique |
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Credit line | Purchased from Mrs M K Neave in 1930. |
Object history | The house and contents were purchased for £30 from Mrs Margaret Kirkby Neave, nee Riggall, in 1930. Margaret was born in 1871, the daughter of a landowning farmer in Lincolnshire. |
Summary | The house was bought from Mrs Neave of Cotham, Newark-on-Trent, in 1930. It dates from about 1840 but little is known about its origin. It is a snapshot of an early Victorian interior. Of particular interest is the nursery which, by this time, is a more comfortable, much less formal room than before, where a new mother would receive visitors to the new-born baby in some comfort as well as style. The exterior has pointed Gothic windows, an unusual feature in a dolls' house. The rooms are badly proportioned, and the full scale wallpaper and carpets emphasize this. Nonetheless the house conveys an atmosphere of undisturbed early Victorian domestic idyll. |
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Accession number | W.17-1930 |
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Record created | June 2, 2005 |
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