Collecting dollhouses and minute scale dollhouse furniture has fascinated mankind for centuries. The first documented miniatures were unearthed from old Egyptian tombs some 5,000 years ago, and are believed to have been created for religious purposes.
Collecting dollhouse miniatures was minute to the wealthy during the 16th century in European countries such as Germany, Holland and England. The hobby was confined to adults because of the delicate nature of the miniatures, and was a status sticker as only the very rich could afford such objects. during the 17th century a dollhouse and furnishings was a means by which to teach children, especially daughters, how to care for the house.
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The coming of the industrial Revolution brought about factories and mass production of dollhouses and minute scale dollhouse furniture in Germany and England, and by the late 1800s Bliss Manufacturing firm in America had joined the ranks. Germany produced the most collectible minute scale dollhouse furniture, but World War I affected manufacturing and export, so factories in other countries sprang up to fill the void. By the end of World War Ii dollhouses and dollhouse miniatures were being mass produced in great volume with less detail. By the 1950s many of the dollhouses were painted sheet metal, and the minute scale dollhouse furniture was plastic, manufacture them more affordable and attainable by a greater population.
There are distinct sizes, or scale of minute dollhouse furniture. 1:12 scale is the proper collectors scale where 1 foot is represented by 1 inch. 1:24 is where 1 foot equals a half inch. This scale was popular in the Marx dollhouses of the 1950s. 1:48, or quarter inch scale is where 1 foot equals a quarter inch. Playscale, or fourth scale is 1:6, meaning that a six foot tall object would be one foot tall in the dollhouse. This scale pertains to 11" - 12" fashion dolls. Lastly, 1:144 scale, so small that this is also known as scale for a dollhouse within a dollhouse.Collecting minute scale dollhouse furniture is both fun and rewarding and does not have to be minute to a dollhouse. Room boxes are a popular means by which to display minute dollhouse furniture on a smaller scale. This way, one can focus on a single room, or rooms. A lovely demonstration of this technique are the Thorne Rooms, a variety of 100 room boxes begun in the 1930s by Narcissa Niblack Thorne, and displayed in museums throughout the United States.
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