Yes, another Keystone of Boston dollhouse! Keystones make up a large portion of my dollhouse collection. I have posted about them or mentioned them in 30 of my previous posts. Yes, I was curious and looked that up. My fascination with them probably stems from receiving a Keystone Tudor from Santa in 1948, I posted about it here.
This Keystone dollhouse was shown in a Keystone brochure of 1950.
An unusual feature of this house, not seen in other Keystones, is the side "picture" window.
This model is one of their six room dollhouses without stairs or a fireplace, although there are two chimneys!
The brochure indicated "electric light in each room". Brackets on top of the upstairs walls hold D batteries to power the light bulbs in each of the six rooms. Several of my Keystone houses have this feature, but I have never checked to see if any of them are still functioning.
The living room is furnished with Lynnfield furniture, my favorite dollhouse furniture. I have been told there is a book being written on Lynnfield dollhouse furniture.
Lynnfield furniture is also found in the dining room.
In the kitchen is the unidentified brand of furniture I refer to as Marshall Field furniture. According to a 1957 Grandmother Stover catalog, this furniture was first sold at the Marshall Field store in Chicago. It is often attributed to Chestnut Hill Studios; it was sold in their catalogs, but the maker is still unknown.
In the bedroom is more Lynnfield furniture. I prefer it over the second generation of the Lynnfield line of similar pieces made by Sonia Messer.
The bathroom has more of the Marshall Field furniture.
The nursery is filled with Marshall Field furniture, and a sweet little yellow Strombecker duck rocker.
Classic lines are shown on the Lynnfield living room furniture with the Duncan Phyfe sofa and Queen Anne chairs. Chester Waite started this line of furniture in Lynnfield, Massachusetts, in the 1930s.
Lynnfield pieces include the desk, grandfather clock, and 18th Century end table.
Zillner and Cooper's Antique & Collectible Dollhouses and Their Furnishings
indicates a floor model radio was included in the line circa 1940; it is possible that this radio was produced by Lynnfield.
The dining room is furnished with Lynnfield Duncan Phyfe pieces. The candelabra and the items in the corner cupboard are Tootsie Toy.
In the kitchen, more of the Marshall Field furniture sold in Chestnut Hill Studios, Mark Farmer and Grandmother Stover catalogs.
The bedroom is furnished with the Lynnfield Empire bedroom set....vanity and stool, bed and night table.
The Empire bedroom set included this chifforobe and dresser.
Bathroom furniture first sold at Marshall Field in Chicago. All the the pieces of this popular furniture are so well made and truly reflect the furniture and appliances made from the late 1940s through early 1960s. I am hoping someone will eventually come forward and identify the creative artist that produced this wonderful furniture.
Such a sweet little set of nursery furniture....who made you?
And the little family of Caco dolls that live in my little Keystone of Boston house with the yellow shutters.
