Room 404

Dollhouses room 2

From left to right:

DollŽs house with bedroom and living room
Dresden, 1869
Inv. 1980.274.Gift Erika Hauser-Hochuli, Basel.

The front is very elaborately carved. The date (1869) and the initials M. W., probably the initials of the maker or the child who received the gift, are also unusual. The magnificent object was made by an uncle of the first owner, who came from Dresden.

Large doll house
probably Hanover, around 1910
Inv. 1982.2500. Deposit Stocker-Nolte-Foundation, Basel.

The doll's house with roof and hinged facade was created in the early 20th century and shows numerous Art Nouveau influences. The magnificent toy belonged to Edith Nolte (1900-1979) and her sisters Violetta (b. 1903) and Irene (b. 1904) Nolte; the family lived in Hanover until 1914.

Dollhouse
probably Basel, around 1860
Inv. 1950.26.1.-2. Gift C. A. Geigy-Ronus, Arlesheim.

The doll's house with four floors belonged to Katharina Elise Wegner (b. 1853). The furniture mostly comes from Thuringia, where it was made in large numbers for export. The colored floor coverings are not mass-produced products, but were probably embroidered by female relatives.

Large doll house
probably Basel, around 1870
Inv. 1983.640. Bequest Walter A. Staehelin-Affolter.

The doll's house was - as so often in Basel - built into a chest of drawers or a cupboard. In the rooms there is a lot of wooden painted tin furniture from the company Rock & Graner in Biberach an der Riss in Württemberg. As with many other doll's houses, further individual parts were added later

Tiled stove from the Ernauerhof
Basel, around 1785
Earthenware with patronized decoration
Inv. 1924.345. Gift of Swiss Bank Corporation, Basel.

The Ernauerhof, built around 1785, stood at St. Alban-Graben 4 and belonged to the Leissler family of Basel. When the property was sold to Swiss Bank Corporation in 1924, the stove was dismantled and given to the museum.

 
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