Oakleaf Doll's House

 This is an Oakleaf dollhouse made in Great Britain by Toy Works, circa 1981. It is sturdily constructed of wood and plastic with great graphics inside and out.

The settee, two chairs, piano and secretary were produced by Toy Works to go in their houses. I thought the small bookcase might be Lisa of Denmark but could not find it in any of the Lisa catalogs.

The furniture in the kitchen is Oakleaf. I wasn't able to identify the fridge, it is made of plastic and marked Made in England.

 Three dollhouse furniture companies are represented in the dining room. The credenza is Oakleaf, the grandfather clock is 1976 Barton and the table is unidentified. The table came with the credenza and I wrongly assumed it was also made by Oakleaf. I originally planned to make this room the kitchen, but soon discovered the sink cabinet and hutch were too tall to fit in this low ceiling room.

Outside the parent's bedroom, the balcony patio holds a Lundby table and chair set from 1967 and a grill from 1971.

The flowers on the vanity table and wardrobe have faded, but they were designed to complement the wallpaper. The TV is similar to those made by  Lundby and Lisa of Denmark in 1976 that featured a picture instead of a blank screen.

Oakleaf listed the 4 matching red items as "the children's den"....a wardrobe, a toy chest, a bed and a play station. The baby bed is unknown but has a German "flavor". 

While the rest of Oakleaf furniture is made of wood, the bath pieces are made of plastic and resemble closely the bath pieces made by Lundby.

From a brochure of Oakleaf furniture sold for this dollhouse, you can see other items that were available for each room.

Living room

Kitchen, without a fridge.

Dining room, with a table set that closely resembles one sold by Lisa of Denmark in 1974.

Bedroom, here you can see how well the wallpaper and designs on the furniture complement each other. 

Children's den

Bathroom, shown here in the room I am using as a dining room.

Extra pieces produced that were not included with individual room sets, kitchen hutch, piano, clock, secretary and rocking chair.

And because I always like to show the furniture in each room:

Here is the little family that lives in this Oakleaf house. They declined to share their names so they didn't get a silly story written about them....good choice I say. 

The boy is a Bend-a-Family doll made by Miner Industries in the 1960-70s. The mom and dad closely resemble the dolls made by Hückel for Bodo Hennig, but without the skill of the original dolls. The girl doll came with the adult dolls and is probably by the same maker.

This little dollhouse came to me from the UK, and I was happy to give it a new home in the US! 

A little lost dollhouse

 

This little dollhouse was first produced by Keystone of Boston in 1937.  As a child, Cindy's grandmother had a dollhouse just like this one. When Cindy was small, she and her grandmother spent many hours together playing with the dollhouse. Cindy has many happy memories of these times spent with her grandmother.

Over time, the dollhouse was lost. Cindy is now looking for this model dollhouse to rekindle these wonderful memories spent with her grandmother. If you have this model of a treasured little dollhouse and are willing to part with it by selling or sharing, please contact Cindy at cindyneff@yahoo.com.

How lucky are the children that had a grandmother who played with them.

UPDATE from Cindy:

Exciting news!
Within 10 days of this post, the dollhouse was not only found, but the amazing owner was actually looking to re-home it! I’m now reunited with a part of my childhood that I wasn’t sure if ever experience again.

THANK YOU so much for making this post Florine, and thank you Patty for sharing this treasure with me!