Beth Neal's Paper Furniture for Dunham's Cocoanut Doll House

   ©  Kathy Duncan, 2022

As promised, this is a closer look at the Dunham's Cocoanut Doll House furniture that belonged to Beth Neal's great-aunts. They would have received an envelope of lithographed, paper furniture along with their doll house. I do love the image of these enterprising little girls, pooling their resources, to acquire their doll house. 

Notice that each piece of doll house furniture is emblazoned with the Dunham's Cocoanut logo or medallion. This is worth keeping in mind if you are ever searching through an antique shop and come across any of the pieces. My guess is that lithographed paper furniture that is missing Dunham's brand name would not be one of their pieces. 

An overview of all of the paper furniture pieces:

The bed with coverlet and lace embellished pillows. Note the Dunham's Cocoanut medallion in the headboard:

The dress and the bed would have been intended for the top-floor bedroom. Notice the hairbrush and hand mirror: 

A rocking chair for either the bedroom or sitting room. Since there was a settee that matched the rocking chair, they were probably intended for the sitting room.

This appears to be a sideboard for the dining room, complete with trays, a chafing dish, and a coffee pot or teapot. There was probably also a dining room table. 

A cast iron, wooden cook stove for the kitchen:

Also for the kitchen, a prep table, where there seems to be a pie in progress:

And finally, a washstand that might have been placed in the bedroom. Notice that the Dunham's Cocoanut brand name is on the hand towel rather than on the washstand itself: