Dolls' House
ca. 1915 (manufactured)
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Miniature homes, furnished with domestic articles and resident inhabitants, both people and animals, have been made for thousands of years. This dolls' house is one from a group of houses produced by the Lines Bros, a company based in Merton, Surrey whose trademark was Tri-ang. They were concerned with making good quality wooden toys, or what they called, "strong English toys". Their range of dolls' houses included Tudor style houses, thatched cottages and bungalows. The Lines Bros also designed a small number of houses which reflected architectural and design movements of the times, such as the Modernist house seen in the Museum's collection. However, many people still preferred the cosy feel of the traditional houses and cottages, so these continued to sell for decades.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Painted wood |
| Brief description | Dolls' house, cream painted wood, G & J Lines, made by Lines Bros., England, ca. 1915. |
| Physical description | Cream painted wood on a brown base, the house has two storeys with a double bay. There is an attic room with a window in the roof at the centre of the house. The wooden door is in the central section with door knocker, letter box and doorbell painted on. It has a small balcony above it which has cream and green columns to act as the edging. The windows are brown and a bit of the white net curtains can be seen from the exterior. There is a double chimney on the left hand side of the house on the roof. Next to the attic room window is a black circular switch which controls the electric in the house. |
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| Summary | Miniature homes, furnished with domestic articles and resident inhabitants, both people and animals, have been made for thousands of years. This dolls' house is one from a group of houses produced by the Lines Bros, a company based in Merton, Surrey whose trademark was Tri-ang. They were concerned with making good quality wooden toys, or what they called, "strong English toys". Their range of dolls' houses included Tudor style houses, thatched cottages and bungalows. The Lines Bros also designed a small number of houses which reflected architectural and design movements of the times, such as the Modernist house seen in the Museum's collection. However, many people still preferred the cosy feel of the traditional houses and cottages, so these continued to sell for decades. |
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| Accession number | B.127-2010 |
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| Record created | February 1, 2011 |
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