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Artist ⛵️ Peter Adderley

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Floral felines 💐🐈

(don't let your real kitties near calla lilies though -- I didn't know that when I painted these!)

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🌟⚜️🌟Stars Clouds🌟⚜️🌟

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French, c. 1880’s (via)

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Vivaldi - Unfinished Concerto a due cori for 2 Violins, 2 Organs and 2 Orchestras in F-Major RV 584

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Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) - Unfinished Concerto a due cori for 2 Violins, 2 Organs and 2 Orchestras in F-Major [Allegro non molto], RV 584. Performed by Angelo Silvio Rosati and Luca Scandali, organs, Angelo Cicillini and Luca Venturi, violins, and Fabrizzio Ammetto/L'Orfeo Ensemble di Spoleto on period instruments.

ohjessmarie

back from the library 📚

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Multi-Mini Monday!

(Okay, posted on a Tuesday, but, whatever)

Let me just start this by saying that the absolute joy that I felt from holding an actual handful of miniature books is unparalleled.

These are dollhouse books! There are 26 books, and the coolest part is that they are all readable! Sometimes when miniature books are made for dollhouses, they are blank books with decorated covers. These books were created by a wide variety of people and publishers, and I think that it shows how wide ranging the world of miniature book creation is!

Each book is unique, and they range in size from 18 to 25 mm. Some of them are gilt, some are illustrated, and some are quite plain. The bookcase itself is 11 x 9 x 4 cm. It is a beautiful wooden case that is decorated with gilt embellishments, orange silk, and golden ribbon trim.

More often than not, the miniatures in our collection are housed individually. It was very cool to see these items in a context that they originally could've been in. You can imagine playing with and reading these books and putting them back on their shelf as one would a standard sized book. It is so fun!

-- Hailee M.

Smith Miniatures Collection Z1033.M6 M56