Highlights
Doll´s house
- Artist
- Gedon
- Locality
- Augsburg (?)
- Date
- 17th/18th century
- Material
- Wood, glass, paper, earthenware
- Dimensions
- H. 242 cm
- Location
- Currently not on display
- Inventory Number
- 12/1.1-500
- Acquisition
- Bequest from private ownership in 1912
- Epoch
- Baroque and Rococo
Description
In the 17th and 18th centuries, large doll's houses were not used for playing, but as a learning aid. The girls of wealthy families could use them to rehearse how to run a household in adulthood. The construction and the realistic, extensive furnishings of the doll's house illustrate this claim. On the ground floor there is a carriage house and a servant's room, on the first floor - the belle étage - there is the dining room and the kitchen, which is equipped with a wealth of tableware. In the attic are the exquisitely furnished bedrooms. Seven elaborately dressed dolls are assigned to different roles.
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