Dollhouse: Museum Object and Cultural History
Dollhouse: date made: ca 1903. Object Name: Dollhouse. Other Terms: Dollhouse; Toys.
The object in the museum catalogue
This wooden dollhouse belonged to Betty Meggers during the late 1920s and 1930s. The bungalow-style house has a peaked red roof with a hinged dormer window that opens to reveal the bathroom and bedroom. The front of the house swings open and contains the living room and dining room.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: ca 1903
- Object Name: Dollhouse
- Other Terms: Dollhouse; Toys
- Physical Description: paint (overall material)
- Physical Description: wood (overall material)
- Physical Description: metal (overall material)
- Physical Description: textile (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 37.5 cm x 45 cm x 25.2 cm; 14 3/4 in x 17 23/32 in x 9 29/32 in
- used: United States: District of Columbia
- Subject: Toys
- Subject: Dolls
- ID Number: DL.314637.2406
- catalog number: 314637.2406
- accession number: 314637
- Credit Line: Bequest of Edith R. Meggers
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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