Antique Dutch Doll House of Petronella Dunois - Attic Laundry Room

Here are close up views of some of the rooms of the doll house Petronella Dunois had made c. 1676, one year before her wedding in 1677. Of note are the silver miniatures in the kitchen. The Dutch are renowned as silversmiths.



I particularly enjoy looking at the details in the laundry room on the top floor. Even today in many houses in Holland the laundry is hung to dry near the ceiling on the top floor. At this time in history it was laid over wooden dowels.

This doll house is in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Resource information - Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Article and photo credit Susan Kramer