Though the Museum for the City of New York describes this beautiful creation as a "doll house" I don't think it does justice to it. After seeing it on Wednesday I think of it as a series of miniature rooms, far from the metal doll house I loved as a child. Though, as my friend, Nancy, observed, we would have loved playing with it.
I loved the details in this tiny sewing room.
The doll house was created by Carrie Stettheimer, beginning in 1916. It evolved over the following two decades and went from the first house made of four or six wooden boxes to a custom designed 16-room house. She bought the furniture, but embellished much of it and added original decorations and accessories.
I'd love to sit out on this pretty balcony.
Original sculpture and drawings are part of the furnishings, including works by George Bellows and Marcel Duchamp.
Carrie and her sisters, Ettie and Florine, lived on the Upper West Side (my neighborhood) in New York City and were part of a group of artists and writers. Florine was a painter whose work is displayed at a number of museums, including the the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Ettie was an author. I'm a fan of Florine's painting and hope to get to the Met this week to take photographs for next week's Pink Saturday post. Her use of color catches my eye and they'd be a great choice for Pink Saturday.
I'd hoped to post more often last week, but the events of the week were my primary focus. I spent time looking at maps of Ukraine and Belarus and figuring out where my grandparents were from, which then led to reading about the areas, both in history and the present. I'm in awe and admiration for the courage of the Ukrainian people and continue to pray for peace.
As ever, thanks for visiting and take care, my friends.
5 comments
Beautiful. There is a Collen Moore Dollhouse: https://www.msichicago.org/explore/whats-here/exhibits/colleen-moores-fairy-castle/
Take a tour of that, I saw that in person when I was a child. Have a beautiful day, friend.
Such a pretty dollhouse. I had one when I was a child. Of course, it didn't look anything like this one. Enjoy your day, hugs, Edna B.
It's a far cry from what I had too. As a child we made dollhouses out of cardboard boxes. My daughter had a Barbie Dollhouse but that was nothing like this one either. As always thanks for sharing something I'd never seen before.
This is so precious and it's so nice to see pretty things like this. I look at maps too but don't have the connection you do. I do appreciate what you've shared though and keep that country in my prayers.
That's no doll house. That's a magic house where you own imagination can run wild with fanciful stories about all the wee people who live within. After all, once the lights are out in the museum, who knows what happens?
Post a Comment