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dolls houses & dolls house furniture
1/24th scale (half scale), 1/12th scale & commissions
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Prices are for 1/24th and 1/12th scale furniture.  1/16th scale same price as 1/12th

Canopied Double Bed
Mid 17th century onwards.  Mainly used in farmhouses or small manor houses.  Curtains were hung at the sides to keep draughts out.
1/24th - £27.75
1/12th - £34.75

Post Bed (Double) and Truckle Bed
(can be bought individually)
17th century onwards.  A simple bed, often accompanied by a small bed on wheels that was stored underneath.  Both beds are strung as they would have been at this time.  Basic mattress included.
1/24th - £18.50
1/12th - £24.25

Plain Cradle
16th century onwards.
1/24th - £14.25
1/12th - £18.75

Box Bed (Double)
Mid 17th century onwards.  A bed within a box or cupboard, completely enclosed with doors to give both privacy and warmth.
1/24th - £23.95
1/12th - £29.95

- All beds are provided with mattresses unless otherwise stated -

Post Bed
(shown with mattress)
1/24th - £13.75
1/12th - £17.25

Truckle Bed
(shown with mattress)
1/24th - £5.75
1/12th - £7.95

Panelled Cradle
16th century onwards.  As above but with finials fixed to aid rocking. The rockers can be removed to enable the cradle to stand on its legs.
1/24th - £17.75
1/12th - £22.95

Single Post Bed
As above but a single rather than a double.  Mattress included.
1/24th - £11.95
1/12th - £15.25

Clothes Press
18th century onwards.  The forerunner of the modern wardrobe.  A large cupboard with a drawer below. Inside the cupboard was split into two parts:  one part with shelves for folded clothes and the other with pegs on which to hang clothes.
1/24th - £28.95
1/12th - £39.95

Four Poster Bed
16th century onwards.  A strung canopied bed with a high panelled headboard between two plain posts and with two decorative posts at the foot. Curtains would normally be hung to enclose the bed for warmth and a valance may have been hung around the canopy.
1/24th - £27.75
1/12th - £34.75

Wardrobe
Late 19th century onwards. The next stage after the clothes press.  The inside of the cupboard now has just a single rail on which to hang clothes and a large drawer below in which to store folded clothes.
1/24th - £28.95
1/12th - £39.95

Washstand
Mid 18th century onwards.  Used to hold a jug and basin for personal washing.  There was a wooden splash board around the top to protect the wall from water.
1/24th - £14.95
1/12th - £19.95

Towel Rail
Mid 18th century onwards.  Used alongside the washstand for hanging towels.  The pair of rails at the top could be used to dry a wet towel by hanging it across both rails.
1/24th - £11.95
1/12th - £13.95

Plain Cradle with baby
The baby was wrapped in swaddling bands, the ends of which were tied to pegs on the cradle sides to keep the baby in place.
1/24th only - £17.25

Panelled Cradle with baby
As above, tied in with the ends of its swaddling bands but in a panelled cradle.
1/24th only - £23.75

Close Stool (Tudor toilet)
16th to 17th century.  A wooden bucket within a wooden lidded box. Only used in well-to-do homes where servants would empty and clean it.
1/24th - £17.50
1/12th - £20.75