by:
Davis, Harry
Paul, Jay

Publisher:
Little, Brown
Published:October 7, 1999
ISBN:0316855219
Format:Hardcover
Pages:144

Description: About the Author
Harry Davis has studied the art of Tasha Tudor for almost thirty years. As Tasha's friend and collaborator for the past decade, he initiated her landmark exhibition at the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center in Williamsburg.

Jay Paul, who has an M.F.A. in photography, was an award-winning photojournalist for fifteen years before joining the travel department at Southern Living. He now works as a freelance editorial photographer based in Richmond, Virginia.

Product Description:
Tasha Tudor, the beloved children's book author and illustrator, is also the creator of an exquisite, breathtakingly detailed dollhouse. For the first time, this magical miniature world, many decades in the making, is available to all Tasha's many fans in this beautifully photographed book.

In 1996, the magnificent dollhouse collection in Tasha Tudor's home came to the attention of the curators at Colonial Williamsburg. Awed by the craftsmanship on display, they offered to build Tasha Tudor a new, larger dollhouse complete with goat barn and greenhouse. Now the new dollhouse has been painstakingly photographed, along with some tiny treasures selected from its contents.

This one-quarter-human-scale version of Tasha's early-nineteenth-century-style Vermont home, Corgi Cottage, contains astonishing works of miniaturists' art, from kitchen implements and musical instruments to tiny printed books, and cakes and cookies that look good enough to eat. Captain Thaddeus Crane and his wife, Emma Birdwhistle, Tasha's handmade dolls, guide us through their house, which features antique museum-quality furniture, a gilded birdcage, and even a working stove. Their tour culminates in a joyous Christmas celebration in candlelit rooms and with a beautifully decorated tree. This enchanting, fully realized world will captivate the child in anyone.