Jennys Home
Jennys Home Furniture
1960s (made)
1960s (made)
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| Place of origin |
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 selection of furniture was made to reflect contemporary design and includes items for the lounge, kitchen, bathroom and bedroom.
This particular selection of furniture was made to reflect contemporary design and includes items for the lounge, kitchen, bathroom and bedroom.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 77 parts.
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| Title | Jennys Home (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | |
| Brief description | Furniture belonging to Jennys Home modular dolls' house, made by Tri-ang in the 1960s |
| Physical description | A selection of miniature pieces of furniture all produced to 1:16 scale. There is a range of furniture for the bedroom, lounge, kitchen, and bathroom, often with matching sets for each room. The pieces are mostly a mix of plastic and metal, although there are some fabric parts. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Gallery label | 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.
[Young V&A, Imagine Gallery short object label](2023) |
| Credit line | Given by Karen Curtis |
| Object history | This selection of Jennys Home dolls' house furniture was produced in the 1960s in conjunction with Homes & Gardens Magazine. The majority of the pieces could be purchased in sets so that young girls could slowly build up a collection. This collection also includes other tri-ang and Spot-On made dolls' house furniture, from other ranges produced at the same scale as Jennys Home. |
| Production | The majority of the items belong to Jennys Home, however, there are selection of objects that are suspected as not being Jennys Home originals. Therefore their origin and production are difficult to determine. |
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| 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 selection of furniture was made to reflect contemporary design and includes items for the lounge, kitchen, bathroom and bedroom. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | B.363:1 to 63-2013 |
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| Record created | September 19, 2013 |
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