Petronella Oortman
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Petronella Oortman was a Dutch woman whose elaborate dollhouse is part of the permanent collection of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
The dollhouse in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
The dollhouse, painted by Jacob Appel, 1710.
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A dollhouse or doll's house is a toy house made in miniature. Since the early 20th century, dollhouses have primarily been the domain of children, but their collection and crafting is also a hobby for
Petronella Oortman
…Petronella Oortman (Dutch pronunciation: ; 1656 – November 27, 1716) was a Dutch woman whose elaborate dollhouse is part of the permanent collection of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Petronella Oortman should not be confused with her close namesake Petronella…
Tudor style doll's house circa 1930
The Nostell Doll's House in West Yorkshire, England, This one-of-a kind miniature house was handcrafted in the 1730s. As that time, doll's houses were not considered to be toys; rather, they were called "baby houses" and used to teach girls how to run a household.
A 17th century Nuremberg, Germany dollhouse
Dutch cabinet dollhouse of Petronella de la Court, Amsterdam 1670-1690 on display at Centraal Museum