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American Colonial Bedroom (SOLD)

Details of each item

BED: Beautiful quality canopy bed, circa 1950, from the American manufacturer, Hall’s Lifetime Toys, once based in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The bed is made from hardwood, and solidly constructed, with slatted base to support the mattress. Bed measures 11.75in/30cm long x 10in/26cm high. Fragility note: Please take care with the bedposts of this bed.

BEDCLOTHES: Handmade mattress, vintage handkerchief sheet, handmade eiderdown, canopy cover, pillow and coverlet. Reversible eiderdown is vintage stripe on one side, the finest wool challis on the other. All bedclothes are hand-made and hand-washable.

TABLE: Pedestal style from early 20th century, complete with a pretty, blue ceramic candlestick, and a book, plus a (fragile) metal photo frame.

ROCKING CHAIR: From the mid 20th century – please note that due to thinness of the spindles, this is a fragile piece.

RUG: Handmade braided rug, with tiny, modern dollhouse for dolly to play with.

WALLS: Striped-effect wallpaper composed of strips of applied paper and then hand-stamped in blue and silvery grey on two pieces of 5mm thick A3 foam board. Each piece of foam board measures 42x29.5cm or 11 5/8 x16 3/8in.

DOLL: Chosen from our selection of vintage dolls. Please see relevant section of our website. Shown here a brunette 'Lesney Ginny'.