Miniature Antique Furniture


Book Description

Over 300 color and black and white photos give a unique look at genuine antique hand-crafted furniture for children and dolls. Organized to show the evolution of styles, the quality and historical significance are discussed. A comprehensive study, it covers the aspects which determine the quality of an antique miniature, as well as those particular facets which contribute to its beauty and grace.




How to Build Miniature Furniture and Room Settings


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Shows how standard miniatures kits can become finely crafted furniture. Easy-to-follow instructions teach how to create lifelike period rooms from kit materials or from scratch. By Judy Beats. 8 1/2 x 11; 72 pgs.; 132 b&w photos; softcover.




Cut and Assemble Paper Dollhouse Furniture


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Charming boxed toy of pre-World War I era. Four rooms of paper furniture in Mission Oak/Stickley style. Easily assembled. Authentic detail.




Dollhouse Furniture


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A guide to materials, styles and manufacturers from the 17th century to the present. The collector's guide to selecting and enjoying miniature masterpieces.




Making Dolls' House Furniture


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Offers ideas for furnishing a 1900s style doll house using such items as cardboard, costume jewelry, and buttons.




American Dollhouses and Furniture from the 20th Century


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Over 650 color photos of individual houses, several hundred pieces of furniture made of metal, wood, paper and plastic, and delightful full sets. Dollhouses, dating from 1900 to 1990, include miniature models up to the large Mego Walton Farmhouse. The biggest names in dollhouse manufacture are well represented, and a list of sources for securing dollhouses and furniture, and addresses of publications.




The Complete Book of Making Miniatures


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Instruction for the beginner as well as the advanced craftsman; design settings; basic boxes; lighting; uses of such new materials as acrylic, foam, plastic, as well as fabrics, glass, ceramics, and metal. 700 photographs, including 23 in full color.




Miniature Embroidery for the Victorian Dolls' House


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A collection of needlework projects in miniature, featuring patchwork, canvaswork, cross stitch, surface embroidery, simulated lacework, applique, and quilting, for doll house rooms in the style of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries: early and late Victorian, Edwardian, Arts and Crafts, and Art Nouveau.




Miniature Antique Furniture


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Making Miniature Furniture


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The art of furniture-making in 1/12 scale combines elements of woodwork, marquetry and woodfinishing. The author begins with the tools and techniques involved and explains the basic joints. With more advanced skills, readers are invited to build a miniature collector's cabinet or davenport desk.