The pieces were clearly very old, German-made circa the 1890s-1910. On a closer, surreptitious inspection, I discovered all the bits were there, and they weren't really broken, just unglued. Over the past century, the animal-based glue dried out and gave way.
It was the work of a couple of minutes for the pieces to be reassembled, and ta-da: here they are!
The 4 inch tall chair is made of red stained, gold gilt trimmed wood and pressed cardboard, while the faux wood grained sideboard is in a much smaller scale at 3 1/2 inches, and fits perfectly into my hard-to-furnish 10 inch tall dollhouse.
Not a bad find for a buck!
I would have passed over it. You obviously have to have a trained eye. Good work!
ReplyDeletethe sideboard is adorable! job well done.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I should probably admit, though, that it was my mom who did the reassembling...
ReplyDeleteGreat finds and well put together!So what did the two squiggly pieces and the thing that looks like a tiny shelf turn out to be?
ReplyDeleteThanks! The two squiggly pieces appeared to be furniture legs from some unrelated item. We cut them down to make legs for the sideboard. The tiny thing that looks like a shelf is actually a miniscule piano: that was a surprise.
ReplyDeleteyou score yet again! love that last pic of your little dolls :) happy thanksgiving!
ReplyDeleteNow that you mention it I can see the piano shape-wonder how tiny the house it was made to sit in must be,lol.
ReplyDeleteYou might be interested in an auction being held by The Potomack Company Dec. 11, 2010 of 26 dollhouses given to Lee-Fendall House Museum & Garden in Alexandria, Va. My information came from Antique Trader.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I'll take a look!
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