toy chair

Toy chair made of pewter with a blue velvet seat and a rounded back rest. An accessory for a doll's house.

The maker is Gerhard Söhlke’s company from Berlin. Made about 1852, see company’s sample book.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
nn4814.13.2
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 86 mm x 41 mm x 42 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
pewter; velvet
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
World Gallery > Introduction > Threshold - left
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