Join Courtney Harris, assistant curator of Decorative Arts and Sculpture, Art of Europe, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston for a tour of a doll’s house modeled after a 17th-century Dutch home. Traditionally created and cared for by women, a Dutch doll’s house featured a combination of objects made domestically, like silver miniatures, and imported goods like porcelain, reflecting Dutch society at the time on a small scale.
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A Dutch doll house
| Title | Doll’s house |
| Artist(s) | Unrecorded artist |
| Dates | 17th century |
| Places | Europe / Northern Europe / The Netherlands |
| Period, Culture, Style | Baroque / Dutch Baroque |
| Artwork Type | Furniture |
| Material | Wood, Silver, Porcelain |
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Cite this page as: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, "A Dutch doll house," in Smarthistory, June 7, 2022, accessed April 20, 2025, https://smarthistory.org/dutch-doll-house/.
