davidd's A DOLL A DAY 2025

[davidd]

What a cute vintage-looking setting for Mr Bear.  My dining room set has the same marble-y looking wood as that chair! 

The miniature rocking chair belonged to my grandmother, whose parents received it as a gift for her three months after she was born in 1912. The finish on the chair is a painted finish, sometimes called "stipple," intended to resemble oak. It was a common finish in the early 1900s. By the 1980s the painted faux-oak finish had fallen out of favor, and many "antiques dealers" were stripping off the painted finish to reveal the plain wood beneath. This little chair has survived in remarkably good condition considering how many children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren it has endured.

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30 May - A Doll A Day 2025:

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Among the Geyesers at Yellowstone Park - Sawmill Geyser

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Spasmodic Geyser

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After twenty years of travels, Pinky Street dollies still manage to fall down as if on cue.