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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Impressive! Many of those you’d never guess were miniatures.
Wow! What workmanship. I love this stuff. Thanks for sharing.
No. The work was done by many craftsman not one.
The Art Deco stuff is my favorite.
For what it worth I have made many miniatures of like quality. It’s something I know about.
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.
Was she sending them to Grissom?
Grissom who?
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.
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!
I saw that episode!
Sorry...I've never watched the series.
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