SELECTED REFERENCES ON DOLLHOUSES & FURNISHINGS

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Ackerman, Evelyn, The Genius of Moritz Gottschalk, 1994 (contains images and analysis of blue & red roof dollhouses, stores, kitchens, stables, & other miniature structures by this German toy company)

Ackerman, Evelyn, Victorian Architectural Splendor in a Nineteenth Century Toy Catalogue, 1980 [reprint of a Mortiz Gottshalk of Germany catalogue, c1885]

Adams, Margaret, ed., Collectible Dolls and Accessories of the Twenties and Thirties from Sears, Roebuck and Co. Catalogs, 1986

Akre, Nancy, general ed., Miniatures, Compiled for the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, 1983

Antrim, Liza, Family Dolls’ Houses of the 18th & 19th Centuries, 2011

Baker, Roger, Dolls & Dolls’ Houses, 1973

Barlow, Ronald, ed., The Great American 1879-1945 Antique Toy Bazaar, 1998

Bradford, Faith, The Dolls’ House, 1965

Bristol, Olivia & Leslie Geddes-Brown, Dolls’ Houses, 1997

Catalogue of Toys for 1931, Morton E. Converse & Son Co., Winchendon, Massachusetts, 1931

Children’s Activities for School and Home, (periodical published in Chicago in the1940s)

Cieslik, Marianne, Moritz Gottschalk 1892-1931, 2000 (reprint of original catalogue photographs -- dollhouses, doll rooms, kitchens, stores, furniture)

Cieslik, M. & Köehler, S.  Lexikon der Puppenstuben und Puppenhäuser, 2003

Concord Miniature Collection catalogue, 1978

Cooper, Patty & Dian Zillner, Antique & Collectible Dollhouses and their Furnishings, 1998

Cooper, Patty & Dian Zillner, Toy Buildings 1880-1980, 2000

Der Universal-Spielwaren-Katalog 1924 mit Neuheiten-Nachtrag 1926 (reprint)

Desmonde, Kay, Dolls & Dolls Houses, 1972

Dollhouses and Dollhouse Furniture Manufactured by A. Schoenhut Company, Philadelphia, Pa., 1917-1934,  introd. by M. Whitton, no date

The Dolls’ House (exhibition catalogue), 1982

Donovan, Charles Jr., Renwal World's Finest Toys: Doll House Furniture, 2008

Douet, Valerie Jackson, Dollhouses, the Collector's Guide, 1994

Douet, Valerie Jackson, World Guide to Dolls, 1993

Dowst Manufacturing Company, Tootsietoys, c1925 (catalogue no. 46) and 1933 (both reprints)

Eaton, Faith, Classic Dolls’ Houses, 1990

Eaton, Faith, The Ultimate Dolls’ House Book, 1994

Federal Smallwares Corp., New York, catalogues of dollhouse furniture, no date [c1970] and 1975

Finnegan, Stephanie, The Dollhouse Book, 1999

Flick, Pauline, Old Toys, 1985

Ford, Dick & Joan, Cast Iron Toy Cook Stoves & Ranges, 2003

Fraser, Antonia, Dolls, 1963

Glazebrook, G. de T., Katharine Brett & Judith McErvel, A Shopper’s View of Canada’ Past: Pages from Eaton’s Catalogues 1886-1930, 1969

Goodfellow, Caroline, Dolls' Houses (V & A Museum), 1976

Goodfellow, Caroline, The Ultimate Doll Book, 1993

Goodman, Libby, The Goodman House Museum, 2008

Gottschalk -- see Ackerman and Cieslik

Gräfnitz, Christiane. "Kestner's Dolls' House Furniture." Doll News (fall 2000): 56-59.

Greene, Vivien & Margaret Towner, The Vivian Greene Dolls’ House Collection, 1995

Hennig, Claire, So lebten die alten Puppen, 1981.

Jackson, Valerie, Dollhouses, 1992

Jacobs, Flora Gill, Dolls’ Houses in America, 1974

Jacobs, Flora Gill, A History of Dolls’ Houses, 1965

Jacobs, Flora Gill, The Small World of Antique Dolls' Houses, 2005

Le Jouet dans l’univers de l’enfant, 1977

Joyner, Nina, Dollhouse Construction and Restoration, 1977

Kelley, Dale, ed., 1892-1893 Marshall Field Toy Catalog, 1969

King, Constance, The Collector’s History of Dolls’ Houses, Doll’s House Dolls and Miniatures, 1983

King, Constance, Dolls and Dolls' Houses, 1989

Köhler, Swantje, Christian Hacker, Holzspielwaren-Fabrik in Nürmberg / Wooden Toy Factory in Nuremberg 1835-1927, 2009

Köhler, Swantje, Goldenes Puppenstuben-Zubehör / Ormolu Dollhouse Accessories, Metal Toys from the Erhard & Söhne Company, 2007

Latham, Jean, Dolls' Houses, a Personal Choice, 1969

Lechler, Doris, French and German Dolls, Dishes and Accessories, 1991

Mackay, James, Childhood Antiques, 1976

McKendry, Jennifer, "Considering Small Things" The Upper Canadian Antique Showcase (May-June 2010): 68-70

Marshall Field & Co., Kingle Society Dolls, 1914 (reprint)

Mitchell Donald & Helene, Dollhouses Past and Present, 1979

O’Brien, Marian Maeve, The Collector’s Guide to Dollhouses and Dollhouse Miniatures, 1974

Osborne, Marion, A to Z 1914 to 1941 Dollhouses, 1988

Osborne, Marion, Bartons "Model Homes"

Osborne, Marion, Lines and Tri-Ang Dollshouses and Furniture 1900-1971

Pasierbska, Halina, Dollhouses from the V & A Museum of Childhood, 2008

Remise, Jac & Jean Fondin, The Golden Age of Toys, 1967

Rountree, Susan Hight, From the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center Dollhouses, Miniature Kitchens and Shops, 1996

Schiffer, H.F. & P.B., Miniature Antique Furniture, 1972

Schroeder, Joseph, ed., The Wonderful World of Toys, Games & Dolls, 1977

Sears Christmas Wishbooks, Girls' Toys of the Fifties & Sixties, reprint, ed. by Thomas Holland, 1977

Sears, Roebuck & Co. - see Adams

Spero, James, ed., Collectible Toys and Games of the Twenties and Thirties from Sears, Roebuck and Co. Catalogs, 1988

Stevens & Brown of Connecticut, Illustrated Price List of Tin, Mechanical and Iron Toys, 1872 (reprint)

Stirn, Carl, Turn-of-the-Century Dolls, Toys and Games: the Complete Illustrated Carl. P. Stirn Catalog from 1893, 1990

Theriault’s catalogues of auctions of dollhouses & furnishings, for example, Echoes of Old Remembered Rooms, 2000; Little Houses by the Side of the Road, 2001; This Old House, 1996; Echoes of Remembered Rooms (Hanne Büktas Collection), 2 vols., 2010; The Boys' Collection, 2011.

Towner, Margaret, Dollhouse Furniture, 1993

Toy Town / La Ville en jeu, 1997

Tubbs, Marcie & Bob, with Dian Zillner, Dollhouse and Miniature Dolls 1840-1900, 2009

von Wilckens, Leonie, Mansions in Miniature, Four centuries of Dolls'Houses, 1980

Wahnschaffe, A. Illustrierter Katalog für Private über Nürnberger Spielwaren und praktische Geschenke, 1895 (reprint)

Whitton, Blair, ed., Bliss Toys and Dollhouses, 1979

Wright, Margaret, Collector's Guide to Housekeeping Toys 1870-1970, 2007

Zillner, Dian, American Dollhouses and Furniture from the 20th Century, 1995

Zillner, Dian, Dollhouse & Furniture Advertising 1880s -1990s, 2004

Zillner, Dian, International Dollhouses & Accessories 1880s to 1980s, 2003

Zillner, Dian & Patty Cooper -- see Cooper

Zillner, Dian and Marcie & Bob Tubbs -- see Tubbs

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