
Lot: 25. The Unique and Extraordinary Dollhouse of Charlotte Schoenbach
0" (0 cm.) 76"w. x 34"h. x 39"d. Styled in the Rococo manner,the 14 room,2-story house is centered by a large foyer with wide center staircase leading to each side,and features two angled wings. In addition to several bed chambers and 5 sitting rooms,the house includes a music room with alcove for piano and harp,painting gallery with 15 gilt-framed "paintings" and faux-marble paneling,garden room with statuary,banquet room with alcove and wall-size tapestries,Turkish bath,and an exceptional library with faux-book filled shelves and mezzazine. There are 11 glass chandeliers that suspend from decorated ceilings; 4 ceilings feature domes with elaborate paintings,There are four sets of elaborately paneled doors,a number of wall-height mirrors with extraordinary gilded frames in various motifs,four sets of richly paneled doors,parquet or marble floors,and more than 60 pieces of superb furniture in the 18th century French style including richly canopied beds,recamiers,vitrines,secretaires,library book ladders,curio cabinets,chairs and many more unique pieces including a velvet-covered dog bed copied from an original French piece. The material are of fine woods,richest textiles,gold leaf,and marble.
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Catalogued Auction Lots
25. The Unique and Extraordinary Dollhouse of Charlotte Schoenbach
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27. French Miniature Porcelain Vase with Silk Flowers
28. French Wooden Encoignure with Watteau Style Paintings
29. Beautiful Early French Porcelain Poupee Attributed to Blampoix
30. A Sister French Bisque Poupee Attributed to Blampoix in White Period Dress
31. Fabulous German Bisque "Kewpies in a Tree" Under Glass Dome
32. Very Rare German All-Bisque "Kewpie Prussian in Egg"
33. Rare German Bisque Kewpie Soldier with Helmet and Rifle
34. German Bisque Kewpie Riding an Elephant

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