ANTIQUE R. BLISS DOLL HOUSE......FURNISHED....TWO STORY..LITHOGRAPHED PAPER

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16" to center peak on roof - 11 1/2" w x 7 1/2" dthe "railings" on the front porch and the balcony are metal signed as shown in photo there are three places where a mouse has "chewed" on this house.......on either side of roof and on bottom of front front of house opens to show two rooms.......upstairs bedroom and downstairs living room all of the furnishings that you see are included...........there are 7 tiny babies plus everything else. Bliss Manufacturing Co was located in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. They were best known for the wooden toys and dollhouses covered with lithographed paper. The majority of dollhouses were made around the turn of the century. the dollhouses were not elaborate - particularly compared with the dollhouses of today. The Bliss dollhouses were simply constructed, usually with only a few rooms. They were designed in late Victorian style. Their shapes and sizes were enhanced by fancy gables and dormers, porches, balconies, posts and pillars. Some houses had cut out windows lined with isinglass and lace curtains and opening front doors. The architectural details of a Bliss house are created in the fabulous lithographed artwork. Even the "turned"porch posts are sometimes artwork around a square piece of wood which implied balls and turnings. Elaborate trimmings, railings, sidings, etc were all incorporated into read more

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