Sweet Old Homemade Pair of Dollhouse Desks (or Mini Pedestals) bone spillekins Larger than the small variety

Larger than the small variety of Erzebirge animals -- 3" l x 2 1/4" t x 1" w

Frame is wired for hanging

and I believe produced by Grimaud sometime between 1855-1875

a major figure in the emergence of American modernism

Box measures 4 3/8" x 2 15/16" x 1 1/8"

Sweet Old Homemade Pair of Dollhouse Desks (or Mini Pedestals) bone spillekins Larger than the small varietyAs is the case with many a thing, I've got a weakness for homemade doll house furniture, which I tend to imagine a father making for his daughter after she's gone to sleep, which my own father did for me. I like the proportions of these two two desks, or side tables, and the detailing at the ends of the legs, and the very naively graphite drawn drawers at their centers. Some nice crustiness to surfaces of the wood too, as evident in detail photos. And