Dolls' House
1992 (made)
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The Guyanese house was made by a Guyanese student in 1992 while she was attending the London College of Furniture. The house recalls her childhood home and is typical of homes in Georgetown, Guyana where flooding is frequent. The house comes with four furnished homes and includes details such as a mosquito netting for the bedroom. The bathroom set is a later addition but is also designed by the maker, Ruth Bollers.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 4 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Birch plywood, pine, paint, glue and varnish |
| Brief description | Guyanese dolls' house made in England by Ruth Bollers in 1992 |
| Physical description | The house is of a simple regular form, raised up stilts. The walls of the house are made of birch plywood and supported (above ground level) by six pine beams. The roof and stairs are both made of wood. The stairs allow access to the front and back of the house. A varnish has been applied to the stairs. The detachable roof has been painted silver. The exterior of the house is painted with stripe to resemble planks of wood. The doorways on the front or back of the house are not fitted with doors. The interior is divided up into four rooms - a bedroom, a living room, a dining room and a kitchen. There is a veranda on both sides of the house with open railings. The house has many large windows. Beneath the house is slung a hammock. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'front side' (interior right side wall in house) |
| Gallery label | A home for a hot country
Ruth Bollers designed this house to be like her childhood home in Guyana, South America. It can get very hot and sticky there, so the stilts create a cool, shady area to relax underneath.
[Young V&A, Imagine Gallery short object label](2023) |
| Object history | The Guyanese house and furniture was originally part of Faith Eaton's collection. The house is featured in the book Ms. Eaton wrote entitled The Ultimate Dolls House Book. The house was purchased at auction. |
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| Summary | The Guyanese house was made by a Guyanese student in 1992 while she was attending the London College of Furniture. The house recalls her childhood home and is typical of homes in Georgetown, Guyana where flooding is frequent. The house comes with four furnished homes and includes details such as a mosquito netting for the bedroom. The bathroom set is a later addition but is also designed by the maker, Ruth Bollers. |
| Associated object | B.35:1-2005 (Ensemble) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | B.34:1 to 4-2005 |
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| Record created | September 24, 2007 |
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