Antique dollhouse 1650 Nuremberg Antiek poppenhuis Dockenhaus Neurenberg

Southern Germany is regarded as the birthplace of the doll`s house. The earliest descriptions of fully furnished miniature houses concern princely curiosity cabinets in that region. A Dockenhaus is furnished with the same meticulous attention to ordinary domestic detail as a Dutch doll`s house. It accurately reflects the contempory ideal of the well-ordered Household. A print of Anna Köferlin`s Dockenhaus includes a description of the role such houses played in children`s upbringing. Her doll`s house was ex