Description
Yinka Shonibare (b.1962)
Dolls House
Cast resin dolls house with wood and fabric covered furniture, miniature picture frames, and other dolls house elements, 2002, overall size 295 x 230 x 200 mm (11 3/4 x 9 x 7 3/4 in)
This dollhouse is a replica of the artist's own home, an 1872 Victorian townhouse located in London's East End. To make the house a home, Shonibare styled its interior with furniture in various wood finishes, designs and upholsteryincluding the artist's signature Dutch wax print fabric used across many of his projects. The finished home includes cabinets, chairs, tables, fireplaces, and even a canopy bed, along with reproductions of paintings by Shonibare and Jean-Honore Fragonard.
Description
Yinka Shonibare (b.1962)
Dolls House
Cast resin dolls house with wood and fabric covered furniture, miniature picture frames, and other dolls house elements, 2002, overall size 295 x 230 x 200 mm (11 3/4 x 9 x 7 3/4 in)
This dollhouse is a replica of the artist's own home, an 1872 Victorian townhouse located in London's East End. To make the house a home, Shonibare styled its interior with furniture in various wood finishes, designs and upholsteryincluding the artist's signature Dutch wax print fabric used across many of his projects. The finished home includes cabinets, chairs, tables, fireplaces, and even a canopy bed, along with reproductions of paintings by Shonibare and Jean-Honore Fragonard.
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