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From Dior's golden coat to landscape jewellery at Christie's: where the worlds of art and luxury collide this autumn
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Emma Crichton-MillerIn miniaturePetronella Oortman’s doll’s house (1686) Courtesy RijksmuseumThe Rijksmuseum’s curators describe Petronella Oortman’s doll’s house as a work of art.
Oortman’s doll’s house will also play a starring role in At Home in the 17th Century, an exhibition opening this autumn (17 October-11 January 2026).
The Rijksmuseum has another less elaborate doll’s house in its collection, and the Centraal Museum in Utrecht has one too.
Three centuries later, the English writer Jessie Burton made Oortman’s doll’s house the centre of her best-selling novel The Miniaturist.
What distinguishes the doll’s house most is the detailed portrayal of affluent life on the Herengracht of its day.
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