[.1] Rectangular shaped, single storey, one room, dark stained wood ('butternut'), thatched straw roofed dolls' house with 3 sides. Doll's house, possibly French Provincial style?, is of basic construction, no windows or doors. Thatched roof straw attached to roof beams with cotton string. A tall wooden shelving unit is built in on internal LHS wall, 2 plate racks near the top with short decorative turned columns, and a low shelf near the floor. A wooden shelf/rack if suspended from the internal top beam.
[.2-9] 8 pieces of matching, highly decoratively carved wooden (chestnut) furniture, matching design of internal shelving unit. The major design details are: wagon wheel shaped circles of short turned columns; stamped scalloped edging; impressed or punched stars; diamond shaped pattern on sides of furniture.
[.10] Carved wooden spinning wheel matching other furniture, in 6 pieces. 1 leg missing. Small paper label with blue printed decorative border affixed to underside of main section: 'MN.NE? / 26' handwritten in black ink. Horizontal bobbin and flyer wheel; Flyer section & wool holder are not currently attached; 2 small broken sections; and large round wooden section (unknown purpose?)
Department:
History DepartmentCollection
History Collection
Collection Item Data
| Accession Number: | H2004.37.1-10 |
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| Accession Date: | 24 May 2006 |
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| Credit: | Michele Sang |
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Material
Measurement
| height | 90mm | bobbin (?) section only. The term 'bobbin' is used, however this term is uncertain for this particular piece |
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| diameter | 65mm | bobbin(?) section only |
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