Antique Dollhouses made from wood.

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Reblogged from Antique Daisy:

Reblogged from Man Make Home

Remaing pictures  (below) reblogged from Hiccupings:

From the aution houses - Victorian diormas

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 Victorian apprentice model of a spiral staircase under glass dome, with a bisque figure hung from the top step on a swinging chair, raised on a parquetry inlaid hexagonal plinth, 21".   From the site of Paul Beighton Auctionners.

HIGH VICTORIAN ENGLISH GOTHIC DIORAMA ATTRIBUTED TO CHARLES GRANT. Circa 1890, Mansion of Lord Cavendish, exhibited at the Columbia Exposition, 1893.  From the site of Live Auctioneers.

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A VICTORIAN DIORAMA OF A GOTHIC CHURCH
SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
In card and mixed media in a painted papier-maché frame
17 x 24¾ in. (43 x 63 cm.) overall
From Chistie's.

Man of Yorkshire Transport Dioramas

From Flicker User Man of Yorkshire

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Diorama Ring

Source: unknown

Diorama ring iwth glass hinged cover.

The Great White Whale

Keeping with the theme of the previous post, here are some dioramas of Moby Dick, the classic whaling novel of adventure, obsession, and revenge, written by Herman Melville (1819-1891) in 1851.  The book is a bit esoteric and was not well received at the time it was published.  It was only several years after the author's death (during the Melville Revival, starting around 1917) that it received its due recognition as being a masterpiece.


Diorama by Dan Thompson

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This diorama, built inside a light bulb, was made by someone calling himself Daydreamer 4.

Interesting whaling diorama

I saw this on the Tanner Blog.  Some might think its distasteful, but its pretty fascinating.  A few years ago I got very interested in the history of whaling.  Two great books on the subject are Leviathan by Eric Jay Gould and The Whale, In Search of the Giants of the Sea by Philip Hoare (This one concerns the author's fascination with Moby Dick, and deals with his quest to know more).


From Tanner Blog: