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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 459506, member: 2844"]It is gorgeous, Art. I agree with Johnny, it could be a little before 1900.</p><p>And I agree with Fid, don't mess with the original fittings. I would do a little restoration on the windows, for instance.</p><p>For the rest, just dress it nicely with period furniture and knicknacks, maybe dolls in period dress. It will be a nice project, and probably a continuing one.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you ever lose interest in this project, you can move on to a more ambitious one, like this 17th century Dutch cabinet doll's house<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Dolls%E2%80%99_house_of_Petronella_Oortman.jpg/1024px-Dolls%E2%80%99_house_of_Petronella_Oortman.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It is the Petronella Oortman doll's house. Here are some of the 'knicknacks' she put in, minutely handpainted:</p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Farao%27s_dochter_vindt_Mozes_Rijksmuseum_BK-NM-1010-241.jpeg/800px-Farao%27s_dochter_vindt_Mozes_Rijksmuseum_BK-NM-1010-241.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/De_Kwakzalver_Rijksmuseum_BK-NM-1010-244-A.jpeg/1280px-De_Kwakzalver_Rijksmuseum_BK-NM-1010-244-A.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Another 17th century Dutch one, with the original 'inhabitants'. This one belonged to Petronella de la Court. For some reason at least three 17th century Dutch Doll's house owners were called Petronella.</p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Doll%27s_house_from_Petronella_de_la_Court_1670-1690.jpg/1024px-Doll%27s_house_from_Petronella_de_la_Court_1670-1690.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Contrary to most other European countries, these doll's houses did not belong to aristocracy. The Netherlands were a republic, with little need for aristocracy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 459506, member: 2844"]It is gorgeous, Art. I agree with Johnny, it could be a little before 1900. And I agree with Fid, don't mess with the original fittings. I would do a little restoration on the windows, for instance. For the rest, just dress it nicely with period furniture and knicknacks, maybe dolls in period dress. It will be a nice project, and probably a continuing one. If you ever lose interest in this project, you can move on to a more ambitious one, like this 17th century Dutch cabinet doll's house;): [IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Dolls%E2%80%99_house_of_Petronella_Oortman.jpg/1024px-Dolls%E2%80%99_house_of_Petronella_Oortman.jpg[/IMG] It is the Petronella Oortman doll's house. Here are some of the 'knicknacks' she put in, minutely handpainted: [IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Farao%27s_dochter_vindt_Mozes_Rijksmuseum_BK-NM-1010-241.jpeg/800px-Farao%27s_dochter_vindt_Mozes_Rijksmuseum_BK-NM-1010-241.jpeg[/IMG] [IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/De_Kwakzalver_Rijksmuseum_BK-NM-1010-244-A.jpeg/1280px-De_Kwakzalver_Rijksmuseum_BK-NM-1010-244-A.jpeg[/IMG] Another 17th century Dutch one, with the original 'inhabitants'. This one belonged to Petronella de la Court. For some reason at least three 17th century Dutch Doll's house owners were called Petronella. [IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Doll%27s_house_from_Petronella_de_la_Court_1670-1690.jpg/1024px-Doll%27s_house_from_Petronella_de_la_Court_1670-1690.jpg[/IMG] Contrary to most other European countries, these doll's houses did not belong to aristocracy. The Netherlands were a republic, with little need for aristocracy.[/QUOTE]
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