Antique Vintage Dollhouse Miniature Artisan Secretary Desk Cabinet 1:12
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:408330 | Custom Bundle: No |
| Modified Item: No | Non-Domestic Product: No |
| Scale: 1:12 | Country of Manufacture: United States |
| Features: Antique, Artist Made, Handcrafted, Vintage |
Antique/Vintage Dollhouse Miniature Artisan Handmade Secretary Desk with Cabinet1:12
This piece is at a minimum 75 years old. You are welcome to read the info belowthat will tell you where this piece came from. Sadly however i don't know whothe artisan that created this piece was, only educated guesses.
8" Tall 2 1/8" Deep3 3/4" Long
In fair/good condition. This piece will need some repairs. The brackets on the cabinet doors need to ...be re-attached. All 4 brackets are there, and i'll include some older pins that should work with the brackets.One of the tilt top brackets will also need to be secured in one section. One of the glass inserts is sadly missing, and the newowner will need to get a new piece of glass cut.There is a split in the wood of the right hand door. I did not notice it until someone pointed it out to me, so be sure to look at the photos carefully.See pics for best description.
This secretary is coming from a collection of Frederick B. Hicks of Boston. He created a number of room boxes in the late 1930'swhich he donated to the Long Island Museum in 1974 where they were displayed until 2014. These room boxes were created after Frederick Hicks saw some of the Thorne rooms sometime btwn 1933-1936. This began his own fascination into miniature rooms.Mr. Hicks did create the room boxes himself, as well as some of the furniture. The furniture he did not make himself was made by skilled craftsmen.Frederick B. Hicks completed his Miniature Rooms by 1942.
After looking over all the furniture pieces in the room boxes that i was lucky enough to acquire, i found stark similarities between piecesfound in Mr. Hicks' rooms and some of the pieces that reside inside Mrs. Thorne's Miniature rooms. I found a photo of a cage table located in Mrs. Thorne's Colonial Philadelphia room box, and that table bares extreme similarities to a bird cage table in one of Mr. Hicks' rooms. I think because the boxes were created within a short period of time of each other perhaps Mr. Hicks employed some of the same craftsmen as Mrs. Thorne. Please understand that i am making an educated guess and can in no way guarantee this. I am simply giving my opinion after spending hours and hours researching these miniatures. These miniatures were made before craftsmen/artisans began putting marks orsignature on their pieces, and sadly i have not been able to find the names of the artists that made this exquisite miniature furniture.
I will be listing pieces from the Hicks collection in the next few weeks. If you are interested in a particular piece you see in the background or the actual roombox itself please send me a message with the piece you want and your offer. Only serious offers please.
Flat Rate S&H to US ONLYInternational Priority Shipping for international shipments.
00078
This piece is at a minimum 75 years old. You are welcome to read the info belowthat will tell you where this piece came from. Sadly however i don't know whothe artisan that created this piece was, only educated guesses.
8" Tall 2 1/8" Deep3 3/4" Long
In fair/good condition. This piece will need some repairs. The brackets on the cabinet doors need to ...be re-attached. All 4 brackets are there, and i'll include some older pins that should work with the brackets.One of the tilt top brackets will also need to be secured in one section. One of the glass inserts is sadly missing, and the newowner will need to get a new piece of glass cut.There is a split in the wood of the right hand door. I did not notice it until someone pointed it out to me, so be sure to look at the photos carefully.See pics for best description.
This secretary is coming from a collection of Frederick B. Hicks of Boston. He created a number of room boxes in the late 1930'swhich he donated to the Long Island Museum in 1974 where they were displayed until 2014. These room boxes were created after Frederick Hicks saw some of the Thorne rooms sometime btwn 1933-1936. This began his own fascination into miniature rooms.Mr. Hicks did create the room boxes himself, as well as some of the furniture. The furniture he did not make himself was made by skilled craftsmen.Frederick B. Hicks completed his Miniature Rooms by 1942.
After looking over all the furniture pieces in the room boxes that i was lucky enough to acquire, i found stark similarities between piecesfound in Mr. Hicks' rooms and some of the pieces that reside inside Mrs. Thorne's Miniature rooms. I found a photo of a cage table located in Mrs. Thorne's Colonial Philadelphia room box, and that table bares extreme similarities to a bird cage table in one of Mr. Hicks' rooms. I think because the boxes were created within a short period of time of each other perhaps Mr. Hicks employed some of the same craftsmen as Mrs. Thorne. Please understand that i am making an educated guess and can in no way guarantee this. I am simply giving my opinion after spending hours and hours researching these miniatures. These miniatures were made before craftsmen/artisans began putting marks orsignature on their pieces, and sadly i have not been able to find the names of the artists that made this exquisite miniature furniture.
I will be listing pieces from the Hicks collection in the next few weeks. If you are interested in a particular piece you see in the background or the actual roombox itself please send me a message with the piece you want and your offer. Only serious offers please.
Flat Rate S&H to US ONLYInternational Priority Shipping for international shipments.
00078
