The Stettheimer dollhouse
By: edited by Sheila W. Clark.
Contributors: Clark, Sheila W.
Publisher: Pomegranate
Published: 2009
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9780764948022
Subjects: Stettheimer, Carrie Walter, -- 1869-1944; Museum of the City of New York; Stettheimer Dollhouse; Miniature art -- 20th century
Description: Infuing her sensibility into every detail - from the Limoges vases in the chintz bedroom to the crystal-trimmed candelabra in the salon - Carrie Walter Stettheimer (1869-1944) wove together the fashion and style of New York's high society in the early twentieth century to create one of the finest dollhouses in the world. Stettheimer worked on the twelve-room dollhouse for nearly two decades, creating many of the furnishings and decorations by hand. Styles of decoration vary from room to room, yet the wallpapers, furniture, and fixtures are all characteristic of the period following World War I. The result is a magnificent work of art, now in the permanent collection of the Museum of the City of New York.