Product Description Product DescriptionThe R. Bliss Manufacturing Company of Pawtucket, Rhode Island was one of the largest producers of lithographed wooden toys in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Today, the Bliss name is one of the most highly regarded by collectors of antique dollhouses and wooden toys. A Bliss dollhouse in good condition is an antique currently worth several hundred dollars.
This book reproduces the complete 1911 company catalogue, one of the most famous, with all 59 illustrations; and presents, for the first time, 30 additional photographs of rare Bliss dollhouses and toys in the collection of the Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum in Rochester, New York. Among the items illustrated are:
Lithographed blocks
Bean bag games
Sunday toys
Stables Railroad cars Battleship Two-room dollhouses Pianos Bedroom set
Four-room dollhouses 3-story dollhouses Elegant suburban dollhouse
8 illustrations, including a Santa Claus sleigh pulled by a team of reindeer and a section of "Bliss Boulevard," appear in color on the covers. Blair Whitton, Curator of Toys at the Strong Museum, has supplied an introduction on the history of the Bliss Company as well as thorough, detailed captions for the collection photographs.
Original Dover publication, in association with the Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum, Rochester, New York. 89 illustrations. 8 illustrations in color on covers. Catalogue captions. New captions. New introduction by Blair Whitton. 64pp. 6-1/8 x 9-1/4. Paperbound.
ISBN 0-486-23790-7
This book reproduces the complete 1911 company catalogue, one of the most famous, with all 59 illustrations; and presents, for the first time, 30 additional photographs of rare Bliss dollhouses and toys in the collection of the Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum in Rochester, New York. Among the items illustrated are:
Lithographed blocks
Bean bag games
Sunday toys
Stables Railroad cars Battleship Two-room dollhouses Pianos Bedroom set
Four-room dollhouses 3-story dollhouses Elegant suburban dollhouse
8 illustrations, including a Santa Claus sleigh pulled by a team of reindeer and a section of "Bliss Boulevard," appear in color on the covers. Blair Whitton, Curator of Toys at the Strong Museum, has supplied an introduction on the history of the Bliss Company as well as thorough, detailed captions for the collection photographs.
Original Dover publication, in association with the Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum, Rochester, New York. 89 illustrations. 8 illustrations in color on covers. Catalogue captions. New captions. New introduction by Blair Whitton. 64pp. 6-1/8 x 9-1/4. Paperbound.
ISBN 0-486-23790-7
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