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Around the World in 70 Rooms!
DailyMail.co.uk ^ | 13 Dec. 2014 | Annabelle elliott

Posted on 12/13/2014 5:17:34 PM PST by Shery

At first glance, these rooms could easily be mistaken for museum snapshots, taken from various locations around the world. In fact, each one of these spectacular interior displays - from a 13th Century English Gothic church and a 16th Century French boudoir, to a range of 19th century American estates - could fit into a dollhouse. Painstakingly crafted by American artist Narcissa Niblack Thorne between the 1930s and her death in 1966, these are exceptionally detailed scale models - one-inch to one-foot - of real period rooms she had visited during her life.

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: miniature
I love period furniture. Bought some lovely pieces overseas, myself! Saw so much more! I was born the wrong century! LOL!
1 posted on 12/13/2014 5:17:34 PM PST by Shery
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To: Shery

Impressive! Many of those you’d never guess were miniatures.


2 posted on 12/13/2014 5:32:43 PM PST by Yardstick
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To: Shery

Wow! What workmanship. I love this stuff. Thanks for sharing.


3 posted on 12/13/2014 5:33:36 PM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: Yardstick

No. The work was done by many craftsman not one.


4 posted on 12/13/2014 5:35:46 PM PST by glyptol
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To: Shery

The Art Deco stuff is my favorite.


5 posted on 12/13/2014 5:36:21 PM PST by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: Shery

For what it worth I have made many miniatures of like quality. It’s something I know about.


6 posted on 12/13/2014 5:58:00 PM PST by glyptol
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To: glyptol; Lurker

Nowhere to be found in any of the rooms are sofas. Some dainty loveseats, but nothing to get comfy in. Really, most are ‘lobbies’ where one waits to be taken somewhere else in the residence, except for the kitchens.

Fascinating.


7 posted on 12/13/2014 6:12:28 PM PST by txhurl (No more taglines)
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To: mass55th

Was she sending them to Grissom?


8 posted on 12/13/2014 6:15:34 PM PST by Don W (When blacks riot, neighborhoods burn. When whites riot, nations and CONTINENTS burn))
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To: Don W

Grissom who?


9 posted on 12/13/2014 6:20:12 PM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: mass55th

It was a reference to the lead character in the original CSI. There was a storyline where a killer sent a miniature of crime scenes to the character’s (Grissom) office before the crime was committed.

A joke isn’t funny when it has to be explained. Dang.


10 posted on 12/13/2014 6:27:58 PM PST by Don W (When blacks riot, neighborhoods burn. When whites riot, nations and CONTINENTS burn))
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To: glyptol

I’d love to see some of your work! I have several printers’ drawers with miniatures. One year, in Stuttgart, Germany, we’d just sent both sons off to college (out of state tuition, no less). The Christmas market had one huge WONDERFUL display inside Breuneinger, a store like Macy’s, etc. It was a cut away of an old house, with every room...basement, workroom, etc. All was done according to scale. It was fascinating! We were as broke as could be and could not afford even one little piece. I never saw it again. All the tools, appliances, etc. worked! That was our Christmas that year...to just admire that setting! I eventually collected a lot of little things from different places. I have 7 drawers and they are pretty full of little things! Even some are crocheted or tatted baby sets! Amazing!


11 posted on 12/13/2014 6:28:28 PM PST by Shery (Pray for righteousness to be restored and for the peace of Jerusalem.)
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To: Don W

I saw that episode!


12 posted on 12/13/2014 6:29:37 PM PST by Shery (Pray for righteousness to be restored and for the peace of Jerusalem.)
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To: Don W
"A joke isn’t funny when it has to be explained. Dang."

Sorry...I've never watched the series.

13 posted on 12/13/2014 7:22:02 PM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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