Living room

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Kitchen Christian Hacker House

Kitchen Christian Hacker House
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This is the stove unit that came with the house. The table is antique german and the rustic bench hand made of unknown date. The Butler is contemporary with a pocket watch by Dawn Carrol CDHM, the governess in blue is a Mutt. (contemporary import, Manufacturer Unknown @ this Time...) This room was the livingroom but it had a giant glue stain on the back wall so I put the stove unit there. Also the flooring in the central hall and other room match so I made them a diningroom and the livingroom.

Christian Hacker house children's bedroom

Christian Hacker house
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This is the upstairs left. The Alphabet furniture is antique Bliss.

Call Small in the New York Times

Hey! Did you see the article on miniature modern furniture in the New York Times? It features Call of the Small. The journalist called me the week I blogged about reac chairs in American catalogs. She had never heard of the Kaleidescope House and I told her the history of dollhouses and referred her to the History by McKendry. She emailed me today and said the article ran. I told her about my collection and the MH1 house. And how I think Minimodernista is the zenith of modern design. She was amazed at all the miniature blogs and asked me why we do it. I said we like to play. She said I could blog about it after the article ran. Great pics! Oh, P.S. She was rather shocked when I told her how many dollhouses I had!
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/08/garden/08mod.html

Carl P. Stirn furniture

From History of Dollhouses, by McKendry http://www.mckendry.net/DOLLHOUSES/1890s.htm

This is the livingroom furniture. It was manufactured by a New York Company called Carl P. Stirn, 1983-1905.

UPDATE according to the Diane Zillner & Patty Coper book: Dollhouses and their Furnishings this set is attributed to the Star Company, same era.

German Fashion in 1810 to 1826

I have a fabulous book on 1"- 1' doll fashion.
It is called Nineteenth Century Costume designs and patterns for Mannequins and Dolls Volume 1. published by Emanjay, copyright 1988 Maria G Wheat.

It is a wonderful book and I recommend it to you.

Amelia Hacker tells her friend Petronella, she wants a new hat.


French King Louis the 16th promoted French Fashion in the late 1700s by sending life size mannequins dressed in the fashion of his court to other courts. We all recognize the wide pannieres Marie Antoinette wore.



Regency style: right









A"Fashion plate" is a picture of one dress. It was used, next to spread Fashion news.

Seamstresses would copy the pictures for their customers. They became more decorated and available to more women during the Industrial Revolution.

After Marie Antoinette, by 1800, the long grecian line of the Regency style influenced by Rosseau and Napoleon and Josephine was popular. (This is the style we all love from Jane Austen movies.)
Then by 1829 a new lower waisted style was en vogue. (Think Little Women)

This was carried to an extreme by mid century (think of Scarlett O'Hara).

We see Amelia Hacker and her friend in this new style as it began in the 1820's.

Amelia Hacker wanted a new hat.

My House

Here is my Hacker House.

Here are the stairs that came with the house.

This is a spot on the floor where I think a cupboard sat as the area is bright from being protected.