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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Introduction
- 1. The Tools of Your Trade
- 2. A Review of Materials
- Woods, Sandpapers, Glues, The Tack Rag
- 3. Building Dollhouses
- A Cigar-Box House, A Tudor House, A Victorian House, The Beretta Display House, A Turn-About House- ca. 1870 and 1920
- 4. Finishing the Outside
- Exterior Finishes, Roofs, Gardens, Fences, Windows
- 5. Finishing the Inside
- Interior Woodwork, Floors, Painted Canvas Floorcloths, Curtains, Wallpaper, Stairs and Staircases, Fireplaces, Doors
- 6. Electrifying the Dollhouse
- Components, Lighting Circuit Arrangements, Connecting the Transformer Line Cord, Wiring, Installing Light Fixtures
- 7. Wood Crafts
- Garden Swing, Privy, Butcher Block Tables, Gas Stove- ca. 1927, Early Victorian Cook Stove- cca. 1840, Victorian Wardrobe Trunk, Tonge-Depressor Whatnot, Steamer Chair- ca. 1900, Dollhouse for a Dollhouse, Pyrographed Wastebasket
- 8. Furniture Crafts
- Chest, Sofa Couch- ca. 1900, 18th-century Wall Tables, Boston Rocker, Slipper Chair, Beds, French sleigh Beds, BAsic Wing Chair, Chippendale Footstool- ca. 1760, Queen Anne Dining or Straight Chair- ca. 1735, Pedestal Dining Table, ca. 1820, Cigar-Box Furniture, 1/4" to 1" Scale, Victorian Screen
- 9. Metal Crafts
- New England Betty Lamp- ca. 1840, Hammock, Extension Rods, 18th-century Firebacks, Punched Tin Miniatures
- 10. Needle Crafts
- Needlepoint Rugs, Needlepoint Stitches, Crocheted Rugs, Crocheted Potholders, Quilts, The Yo-Yo Quilt, Quilting Stitches, Bargello
- 11. Paper Crafts
- Quilled Picture Frame, Rubber Tree Plant, Nile Grass Plant(Umbrella Plant), Of Making Many Books, Fire Fans and Screens, Paper Accessories
- 12. Bead Crafts
- Crystal Chandeliers, Jeweled Ming Trees, Victorian Whatnots, Children's Building Blocks
- 13. Accessory Crafts
- Wall Pincushion, Tomato Pincushion w/ Strawberry Emery Bag, Vermont Bootjack, Love Letters, Flower Arrangements, Tin Hip Bath- ca. 1840
- 14. Christmas in the Dollhouse
- Gingerbread Cookies, Swag and Wreaths, Petit Point Figures in Brass Rings, Red Boots, Gingerbread House
- 15. Renovating and Housekeeping
- Appendix: List of Suppliers for Craftspeople
- INDEX