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Dolls' house

Dolls' house

  • Place of origin:

    England, Great Britain (made)

  • Date:

    1800-1820 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Wood, painted, with brass and glass

  • Credit Line:

    Given by C. J. L. and W. B. Hibberd

  • Museum number:

    MISC.1-1982

  • Gallery location:

    In Store

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This is a house which was made in the early 1800s probably by a carpenter. It was bought by Mrs Winifred Alice Hibberd from a shop in St. John's Wood High Street, London in 1965 for £60. It had belonged to a family (for whom it was originally made) living in a house in one of the Regents Park Terraces. Only two elderly sisters were left, and they had sold the house as they were moving to a smaller home where there would be no room for it.
Mrs Hibberd repaired and furnished the house herself between 1965 and 1979, keeping a record of where the items had come from and all the work done. The furnishings came from many different sources including America, Spain, France and Scotland as well as craft and antique fairs and London shops. Mrs Hibberd also typed a guide to the house.
The only room that was not finished was the attic room which was completed by her son Dominic. Mrs Hibberd's father's family came from the Tower Hamlets area as long ago as the 18th century. This is partly why it was decided that the house should be offered to the museum where it was received in 1981.

Physical description

A two-storied four-bayed town house. The walls are painted brown with a dark brown foundation strip and quoins. The front has three bays of two windows each and one bay of an upper window and lower door. Each side has two windows. The windows are inset mullioned sash windows with white frames and dark brown outer cells and glass panes. The door has six wooden panels and a turned brass knob. It is flanked by two pilasters and surmounted by a semicircular fanlight window and a triangular pediment. There is one tall staircase window in the back painted brown and from which the sill is missing. Along the top of the front and back are a series of jetties. The roof is hipped and painted black. There are three chimney stacks, the middle one having two pots and the others one pot each. These are painted brown and cream. The front of the house consists of two pieces hinged to the sides so that they can open. The join is hidden by a dark brown drain pipe. The front can be locked.

Place of Origin

England, Great Britain (made)

Date

1800-1820 (made)

Artist/maker

unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Wood, painted, with brass and glass

Dimensions

Height: 104.2 cm, Length: 111.2 cm, Depth: 45.1 cm

Descriptive line

Dolls' house known as the Hibberd House made in England in the early 1800s

Categories

Children & Childhood; Dolls & Toys

Production Type

Unique

Collection code

BGM

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