Creating Dolls' House Period Style

Description

The secret to a realistic and authentic looking period dolls' house is in the fixtures and fittings - these are both the basics and the finishing touches. Each chapter of this book deals with a different fixture or fitting, discussing how it featured in the period home, illustrated with a beautiful fully dressed miniature room set. The chapter then goes on to feature a captioned, photographic gallery of ideas, shown in chronological order, from Tudor and Georgian through to Victorian and even Art Deco. This will assist the model maker both in selecting a model suitable for a particular dolls' house, and in styling it. A myriad of accessories to dress each feature is also illustrated in full colour. Finally, each chapter has a selection of step-by-step projects that show how to make or adapt some of the fixtures and fittings featured, including tips on achieving decorative finishes and effects.

Author description

Lionel and Ann Barnard started making miniatures full-time over 20 years ago. They own Brighton-based 'Mulberry Bush', a long-established dolls' house and miniatures shop specialising in books. Lionel is a regular contributor to Dolls House & Miniature Scene and Teddy Bear Scene. Lionel and Ann live in Henfield, West Sussex.

Table of contents

Introduction DOORS (EXTERNAL) - Gallery: 14 doors of different styles and periods (stable, studded, decorated, glazed, panelled etc) - Gallery: accessories (fanlights, porches, lanterns, letterboxes, bells etc) - 3 projects - stable door, fanlight and over door hood WINDOWS - Gallery: 16 windows of different styles and periods (sash, diamond pane, sliding, picture etc) - Gallery: accessories (curtains, pelmets, catches, thumblifts, window seats, curtain fittings etc) - 3 projects - shade cover, sash window, mullioned window DOORS (INTERNAL) - Gallery: 14 doors (double, French, glazed, planked, stained glass etc) - Gallery: accessories (handles, finger plates, latches, bolts, hinges etc) - 4 projects - panel door, door frame, baize servants' door, bedroom door FIREPLACES - Gallery: 20 fireplaces - Gallery: accessories (fenders, coal boxes, firebacks, baskets etc) - 3 projects - Georgian and Victorian surrounds and a chimneybreast LIGHTING - Gallery: 16 fittings of different styles and periods (ceiling, chandeliers, table, statue etc) - Gallery: accessories (rose fitting, table lamp, switches etc) - 3 projects - hall lantern, light, shade and fittings, fluorescent strip light FLOORS AND CEILINGS - Gallery: 16 floors/4 ceilings of different styles and periods (beams, earth, brick, marble, carpet, tiles etc) - 3 projects - floorboards, brick floors, plasterwork ceiling WALLS & DECORATIVE DETAILS - Gallery: 20 staircases, bookshelves, niches etc of different styles and periods - Gallery: accessories (spindles, newels, mouldings etc) - 1 project - panelling WORKSHOP: tools, techniques and materials Glossary - Suppliers - Acknowledgments - Index