ANTIQUES, COLLECTIBLES  & VINTAGE home page

an illustrated history of dollhouses & furnishings 1890 to 1990 includes selected references on dollhouses      

early miniatures selected examples of furnishings made previous to 1890

an illustrated history of  dolls for dollhouses 1860 to 1900

Lundby dollhouses 

gallery of images of dollhouses, rooms & furnishings; toy farm buildings & animals; shops and misc. toy buildings; wood & tin kitchens, iron & tin stoves; what is on the porch & in the yard; sewing items, vases, statuary etc.

new two furnished shops added to Gallery 3!! 

an illustrated history of lights for dollhouses candle, oil, gas & electrical fixtures 

an illustrated survey of telephones for dollhouses from the 1880s to the 1980s 

collector's fever: coveting dollhouse furnishings

toys         look for Nerlich (Toronto) 1908 & Schoenhut (Philadelphia) c1920 catalogues

tips on photographing miniatures

the pleasures of pressed glass

 Staffordshire figurines

the balloon-back chair

a Canadian Chippendale chair

Chester Hatch, chair maker

silversmiths & the glory of New France