Articles tagged: "dollhouses"

1: Six Steps To Creating The Perfect Dollhouse

Each dollhouse is its own unique creation No dollhouse will be exactly like another, nor should it be

2: Building A Dollhouse

At one time, the creation of a dollhouse was a mystery known to only a select few highly trained artisans Dollhouses were commissioned works, available only to the extremely wealthy

3: A Miniature History Of Dollhouses

Tracing the history of the modern dollhouse starts with items that bore little resemblence to the toys and collector pieces of today The earliest known miniature replicas date back to ancient Egypt, found within the tomb of Meketre

4: The Joy of Antique Dolls

In Greek, the word doll comes from eidolon, which means idol. Dolls were made for religious purposes in ancient societies. In following years, Christians routinely used them for Christmas. Naples became widely celebrated for miniature recreations of the birth of Christ. Dolls were considere