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Jennys Home

Jennys Home Modular Dolls' House Room
1960s (made)
Artist/Maker
Tri-Ang (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Belfast (made)

The Jennys Home modular dolls' house system was produced in the 1960s in conjunction with Homes & Gardens Magazine. Made by Tri-ang, the individual sets allowed young girls to slowly build up a collection of rooms and funiture to create almost any design of their choice. A system that could be turned from an apartment block to a bed-sit, Jennys Home was a highly flexible, modern toy that helped to inspire future home makers.

This particular set includes one large room and the original packaging.

Object details

Categories
Dolls & Toys
Children & Childhood
Dolls' Houses
Play
Object type
Jennys Home modular dolls' house room
Parts
This object consists of 8 parts.
(Some alternative part names are also shown below)
  • Boxes (Containers)
  • Dollhouses
  • Boxes (Containers)
  • Dollhouses
  • Dollhouses
  • Dollhouses
  • Dollhouses
  • Dollhouses
  • Dollhouses
  • Dollhouses
TitleJennys Home (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Plastic
Cardboard
Brief description
Jennys Home modular dolls' house room and packaging, made by Tri-ang in the 1960s
Physical description
Plastic dolls' house room with original cardboard packaging. The room is orange and grey with turquoise, slot-in doors and windows. It comes with a clear plastic front panel and two roof panels to make play easier.
Dimensions
  • Dressed figure height: 300mm
  • Dressed figure width: 120mm
  • Dressed figure depth: 100mm
Height: 13in (33cm) Width 2: 4½in (11.5cm) Depth: 2½in (6.4cm)
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
  • Girls! Here's Jenny's Home! A beautiful home for you to love and care for! Build it up room by room just exactly the way you want! Fill it with all kinds of wonderful JENNYS HOME furniture, curtains and carpets! And there's Jenny! Ready to cook and clean, sit and sew - there's never been such fun for girls before! See what you and Jenny can do! (Located on cardboard box)
  • This is Jenny, she stands up, sits down, you can dress her too! This is Jenny's Home, all the doors and windows open, roof lifts off too! This is Jenny's furniture complete with wall to wall carpets and curtain material. (Located on cardboard box)
Gallery label
(01/07/2023)
A changeable home

These rooms can be arranged however you like – a studio, a house or a block of flats.

Colourful and bold furnishings were fashionable in the 1960s, when many homes like this were built.

Jenny’s Home doll’s house modules and accessories
Manufactured by Lines Bros. Ltd (Tri-ang Works)
1965–70
London
Given by Karen Curtis
Museum nos. B.360 to 369-2013

[Young V&A, Imagine Gallery, Living Together, short object label]
Credit line
Given by Karen Curtis
Object history
The Jennys Home modular dolls' house system was produced in the 1960s in conjunction with Homes & Gardens Magazine. This particular room belonged to Karen Curtis, who gave it to the museum along with various other Jennys Home sets.
Associations
Tri-Ang
Karen Curtis
Belfast
Summary
The Jennys Home modular dolls' house system was produced in the 1960s in conjunction with Homes & Gardens Magazine. Made by Tri-ang, the individual sets allowed young girls to slowly build up a collection of rooms and funiture to create almost any design of their choice. A system that could be turned from an apartment block to a bed-sit, Jennys Home was a highly flexible, modern toy that helped to inspire future home makers.

This particular set includes one large room and the original packaging.
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
B.362:1 to 2-2013

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Record createdSeptember 19, 2013
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1273041/jennys-home-jennys-home-modular-tri-ang/
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