1895 Victorian Carousel Dollhouse
Toronto: Studio Robert Wu, 2021. Paperback. Part of a small unnumbered edition , each with a varied design. A charming carousel dollhouse with 3 rooms. It includes a moveable paper doll of a Victorian lady. Constructed with colorful layers of modern paper elements created by diecut. Each room is elegantly decorated with paper furniture from the Victorian period. Bound in cream paper wrappers with a cover design depicting the exterior of the dollhouse. With a brown cloth spine and red ribbon closure. Housed in a white paper covered box with title label on front board. [6 pages.] Size: 6.25 x 4.5 inches. Robert Wu is a noted bookbinder, paper marbler and stationer. He trained at the American Academy of Bookbinding (AAB) in Colorado with Monique Lallier and at the Canadian Bookbinders and Bookartists Guild (CBBAG) in Toronto. He was the recipient of the first ever Tini Miura scholarship for the study of fine binding at the AAB and later studied privately with master binder Miura in California. His work has been included in numerous exhibitions and can be found in several notable collections including Harvard University. ARTB/022123. Fine. More