[Village, large scale].

[approximately 1800] ([Germany : publisher not identified])

1 model village : chiefly hand-painted wood, with metal rough hardware ; 20 x 9 x 4 cm or smaller

Exhibited: "L'architecture en jeux: jeux de construction du CCA = Buildings in boxes: architectural toys from the CCA", Centre canadien d'architecture, Nov. 27, 1990-Mar. 31, 1991.
Exhibited: "La ville en jeux = Toy town", Centre canadien d'architecture, Oct. 22, 1997-May 31, 1998.

Brightly-painted, carved wooden toys were being made in the forest regions of Germany and exported at least as early as the 17th century. Primitive in design and typical of the toy villages and other toys produced in Germany throughout the 19th century, the village here described and myriad other wooden toys were mass-produced in small workshops in Nuremberg, in the Gröden valley in the South Tyrol, and in the Erzgebirge in Saxony, and sold in great numbers throughout Europe and North America. Even after German folk art had evolved into an immense industry, and in spite of the eventual introduction of machinery into the process, the traditions of craftsmanship established in Germany in earlier times were retained, and German toys continued to be regarded as appealing, sturdy and colourful. (Cf. A. Fraser. A history of toys. London, 1972).

Wooden toys Germany Specimens.
Toys Germany Specimens.
Jouets en bois Allemagne Spécimens.
Jouets Allemagne Spécimens.
Toys.
Wooden toys.
Germany.

Specimens.

Localisation: Bibliothèque main objects 61097
Cote: TS2301.T7.W6 Z9 1800
Statut: Disponible