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Before the plastic massively produced dream houses that can be found
anywhere, the dollhouses of the bygone era were rare, meticulously
made, elaborate examples that captured the interior style and
architecture of their time.
Taken on loan from the Victoria & Albert Museum of Childhood in
London, The National Building Museum in Washington DC currently
holds an exhibition entitled Small Stories: At Home in a Dollhouse with
a collection of 12 examples of 12 historical dollhouses offering a
glimpse into British domestic decor and residential architecture for the
past 300 years.
All photos courtesy National Building Museum

1760: Tate Baby House

Tate Baby
House Exterior

Tate Baby House

Tate Baby House Interior

1830-1839: Killer Cabinet

A set of rooms in a lacquered cabinet made in England in the 1830s.

1890: Amy Miles House

Reminiscent and personal late Victorian home

The homes show developments in architecture and design,
encompassing country mansions, the Georgian town house, suburban
villas, newly-built council estates, and high-rise apartments. Many of the
houses, their furniture and dolls have been specially conserved for the
exhibition, with around 1,900 objects being restored over two years in
the V&A Museums conservation department, says the press release at
Museums website.

1907: Betty Pinney House

Betty Pinney House (1907)

1933: Peggy Lines House

Peggy Lines House (1933-1936)

1935: Whiteladies House

Whiteladies House Exterior with pool

Small Stories explores the history of British domestic life and provides
a miniature-sized, up-close view of developments in architecture and
design, from a Georgian town house and suburban mansion, to a 1960s
high-rise and a Le Corbusier-style white villa. Displayed chronologically,
most of the houses come complete with period furniture and interior
fittings. Each house is displayed to reflect a particular moment in
history. Visitors can use buttons alongside the cases to activate the
audio narration and light up the characters as they talk. says the press
release of the Museums site.

The Living Room

Bedroom

Bathroom

1960: Jennys Home

Jennys Home
(1960s)

Continued on page 2

Kitchen

Jennys room

Bedroom

Late 1980s to late 1990s: Hopkinson House

Hopkinson House Exterior

Hopkinson House from the inside

Bedroom

Hopkinson House (late 1980s to late 1990s)

2001: Kaleidoscope House

Kaleidoscope House (2001)

Small Stories: At Home in a Dollhouse will be on view from May 21,
2016, through January 22, 2017.In case you are visiting DC Washington
or you live there and you are fascinated with these elaborate dollhouses
dont skip the ongoing exhibition in the National Museum of building.

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