Tynietoy Dollhouse

Was on vacation in Washington DC. Visiting my Assistant and the news from the sonogram is It's a boy!!!
The baby is due late July and is doubling in size. Such a miracle!

And I am suffering from a bad case of rugburn...


The news in Miniland is "It's a Tynietoy"! I am lucky enough to have found a Tynietoy Townhouse in Pennsylvania.
It required a 4 hr drive and I am in debt to my pregnant Assistant who (with great discomfort to herself) and with the best son in law in the Universe helped me pick it up in their SUV.

Here is the front wooden facade. Some of the markings one looks for are the original blue painted architectural detail around the door and lintels. I was told this was a "garage find" and had suffered some water damage.

It looks to me as if someone started renovating it, sanding the front for painting and was stopped before the original design was completely removed. The windows are poorly done in what looks like white-out on acetate. The curtains are not original. I like the front door a lot though. The floors are warped. There are 2 chimneys, one looks newer. 

The stairs going straight up look original, the hallway panels on the

second floor look, new, to me. The doorway decoration felt slightly raised as though they were made of paper and glued on, or of thick paint. The upper left bedroom had been sanded, painted an odd green and the door frame clumsily  repainted. Really a poor job. The canopy and bedspread are not original either though the bed is and came to me with the house.

But I am so lucky because many of the Townhouses were simply repainted inside and this blue detail is missing, as in the below example from a previous auction.

 This is an old picture from auction catalog showing a Townhouse repainted inside leaving no architectural detail.

Go to McKendry's seminal dollhouse history for background and to the Master herself, Susan Grimshaw at http://www.tynietown.com/.  She has collected Tynietoy since she was a child and is writing a book about it.

Oh, the rugburn??? I went from my Happy Shaw House where I kept my Tynietoy furniture and this Townhouse back and forth, faster and faster. I have hardwood floors at home and was not used to kneeling on wall to wall carpet. When I woke up the next morning I was dismayed to have a bad case of rug burn on my knees. The kids thought it was hilarious...

So Susan is in isolation, still in the hospital and they are testing for pneumonia. OK Susan! That's enough of that! The rug burn humor is for you.

CM

This is supposed to be on Leftcoastmini but

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This is a picture of my bathroom remodel and why I may seem out of it for a while!
AND I seem to have lost my cookies on my computer and have to blog through flickr. I also only have this blog listed on flickr and don't know how to add the other one GRRRR
as soon as I published this http://leftcoastmini.blogspot.com/ started uploading when I checked on it and now this one won't do the Tynietoy information I just learned and I wanted to share!!!!!
 Break time!  More coffee is needed, and it looks like it is going to be 100 degrees again today!!!!! C

My bookcase.

Susan described it as an "Early Tynietoy bookcase. This is an unmarked early example with only three shelves of paper books rather than the customary four, and there is a flat cornice just above the top shelf not seen on later examples. Also, there never was a finial at the top, and the doors are painted with faux raised panels. An unusual item among Tynietoy pieces." from Susan Grimshaw at TynieTown.com. Compare it to the larger one in the post below. I am so glad to know the difference! I thought it's finial was just broken off!  Thank you Susan Grimshaw! C

More Treat than trick?

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Originally uploaded by More2view

Tynietoy Grandfather clock, bookcase, demilune table, chairs.Traditional, not scary at all.

Hooray, the miners from Chile are being rescued!!!

Just e chatted with Pubdoll who mentioned the meet up of modern mini people. She suggested Kensington, England as a site. Paris is good too. What about the Australian contingent? What do they think would be a possible place?  Hawaii?

Speaking of Australia I am excitedly waiting for the items from the Call of the Small exhibit curated by Ann Marie the Shopping Sherpa who I just chatted with and she votes for Australia! C

Update: I seldom mix in other accessories with Tynietoy because very few things are good enough to match it. Please notice the plant stand and waste basket made by that Canadian world traveller and budding artisan, Susan Hale, fashioned from an antique fan she purchased in a Napa Valley thrift store. I haven't shown you what I blew my budget on but let's just say that is another story... C

I have to interrupt this Modern mini activity...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190445236227&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Those Vases on the mantle!

Check this out on ebay and if you want to buy it for me, OK! Item # 1904495236227. It is one of the most complete Tynietoy collections I've seen. Gorgeous!  Well  if ever you are going to buy one, this is it! Today it is at $8,500.00 and that is a steal in my opinion. Go to the item and look at all the pictures. Oh my!

Speaking of the 1920's I have this little problem...

Love of Tynietoy.

above image from Ann Meehan Antiques.

Pencil post bed and silhouette.

My friend Shale says she's getting bitten but I told her it's mostly an unrequited relationship as they are so rare.Please notice the Rement oysters and Gerlach basket on the table.

As I said, I have this little problem... love of Tynietoy. More about this American company started by two women in the 1920's to replicate American antiques later. See McKendry's dollhouse history for more info http://www.mckendry.net/DOLLHOUSES/1890s.htm, Sigh, C

Gerlach

Colonial Murals, Bedroom

I love this picture there but the flash reflected too much in the white clouds of musket smoke.

















It is hard to give credits on old doll furniture. You end up with something like this. Pencil post bed, Tynietoy. Desk, Shackman?, Wingchair, Concorde? ink stand ooak artisan, blotter part of an old tintype frame case. Bedspread, an old lace tablecloth of my Mom's.