American Dollhouses and Furniture From the 20th Century

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A comprehensive guidebook to collection dollhouses and dollhouse furniture with a thorough price guide.

This great reference features over 650 color photographs showing details of individual houses; several hundred pieces of furniture made of metal, wood, paper and plastic; and delightful full dollhouse sets. Thoroughly researched information is provided for more than one hundred dollhouses, which date from 1900 to 1990 and range in size from the miniature Marx Newlywed model to the large Mego Walton Farmhouse. The biggest names in dollhouse manufacture are well represented — from Bliss, Converse, and Schoenhut to Strombecker, Kilgore, Tootsietoy, Built-Rite, Renwal, Ideal, Plasco, Marx, and many others.The book also includes a list of sources for securing dollhouses and furniture, addresses of publications in the field, and a comprehensive price guide.[AuthorName]By Dian Zillner[/AuthorName][AuthorBio]Dian Zillner, an avid collector of dolls, advertisements, other memorabilia, has written many book for Schiffer Publishing, includingAntique and Collectible Dollhouses and Their Furnishings, Dolls & Accessories of the 1950s, and Hollywood Collectibles. She is a retired high school librarian.[/AuthorBio][NumIllustration]Over 650 photos[/NumIllustration][CoAuthor][/CoAuthor][SubTitle][/SubTitle][ColorPattern]Over 650 photos[/ColorPattern]