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My Vintage Tudor Doll House

newblogger June 29, 2018 0 Comments

A Rich Keystone Dollhouse with gypsum hardboard walls. There are six rooms but it came with none of it's original furnishings.

I found a gem today at resale. This Rich Toys, printed particleboard Tudor, I believe from 1938. I paid $9.99! The house will need very careful cleaning and a great deal of research put into it's period furnishings.

The rooms look lonely and dark. These cry out for a little girl's affection I think.

Here you can see where time has taken it toll on the particleboard edges.
The printed checkerboard floors and carpets were once a bright Kelly green.

The color is still brilliant on the outside of the doll's house. Brilliant evergreens, ivies, tulips and window
boxes cheerfully decorate this popular period doll house.


The wooden trim and steps are still intact. The doorway is flanked by red vases and narrow casement windows. I love the diamond shaped window panes.

Here you can see the bright red shutters with tiny pine tree carvings depicted in the upper panels.
There is a solitary louvered shutter in the dormer of the roof as well.

The stone printed chimney is still intact! But like many doll houses from this era,
there are no curtains or window panes included.

Detail of the painted shingles on the roof in red on a green background.

The designs for dollhouses manufactured in the 30s and 40s were very contemporary
to the popular home designs of their day, particularly in the United States.

The original furnishings were plastic and the figures were usually dressed in suits. Yes, even the
mother wore a plastic molded suit! However, I have not begun to look for these figures.