Lundby , also known as Lundby of Sweden , is a Swedish doll maker and miniature furniture for the mass market. Lundby doll furniture has been produced since 1947 and their dolls have been sold since the late 1940s. The company started at the outskirts of Gothenburg, Lundby, who also gave his company name.
Lundby is the first to have electric lights on the doll ("safe for children" 4 volts rather than the more standard 12 volts) and is famous for following contemporary trends in interior design and furniture.
Lundby's most common house style is 'Gothenburg' which first appeared in 1959. This home style is very popular and is still sold today. It was renamed doll house 'SmÃÆ'  ¥ land' in 2006. There are many other styles of dollhouse Lundby introduced over the years, such as 'Stockholm' House in 1975 (and a newer, more modern version, on year 2005). ).
Lundby house, 3/4 inch furniture and accessories, also known as 1:16 or today as 1:18 scale, where 1 foot in real life is 3/4 inch in dollhouse size.
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History and home style
The Lundby house from the early 1950s was the earliest home style produced. It has a basic rectangular shape with a bright red pink roof, blue painted frame and brick paper on the outside. Consisting of 5 rooms (3 on the first floor and 2 on the floor). It has a wooden spiral staircase leading from the largest room to the living room on the first floor. These styles of dolls can be electrically powered or not powered by electricity. Lerro rival rival doll producer houses with the same style and dimension; but the roof, frame and wall are different colors with the Lundby model.
The 'Gothenburg' house was first produced in 1959. Like most Lundby dolls produced from the mid-1940s to the 1990s, there were many significant and minor variations on each model. This is mainly applied to the Gothenburg doll house with funky wallpaper, white frame, bright red pink roof, 2 rooms on the first floor and 3 rooms on the ground floor. The house became the most popular house in Lundby and gradually became the mainstay of dollhouse production.. It is easy to distinguish between early and subsequent versions of this house during the 1960s. The original model (1960-1964) featured a light blue floor, a wooden staircase with full upholstery, a tall chimney (1.7 ") and a wall with an open door that divided the bathroom into two.This model was further enhanced by giving the bathroom a separate door [See this Swedish Phenom ad] but this privacy lasts only about two or three years and the bathroom door and separation wall are fused.The last model (1967-1969) reduced the height of the chimney (0.75 ") to its present size.
House 'Terrace' or 'Rumah Datar' was also produced in the 1960s. The success of Lundby with the Gothenburg model gave them the opportunity to experiment with new home designs. This culminated in the production of 'Roof Flat' or 'Terrace' houses between 1966-67. As the name suggests it has a flat roof, allowing children to put garden furniture on it. Two different models are produced - one that is a solid two-story house and another flat and can be built up to three or four storeys high.
After winning the 'Best Toys' award in 1967 by the Swedish Toys Association, Lundby continues to improve and further design the Gothenburg dollhouse. In the second half of the 1960s the windows were fitted with frames printed in white plastic with Perspex imitation glass and the dolls gradually became more neutral in decoration.
The 'Economics' house dates from the late 1960s. In the late 1960s, Lundby adapted Gothenburg designs to create cheaper and unused homes with a wider market appeal, the so-called 'Economics' home. Number of rooms equal to Gothenburg but upside down; so ground floor has two and first floor three rooms. Missing is already funky wallpaper and a more neutral appearance adopted.
Then house styles include the 'Stockholm' house or 'big dollhouse' from 1975, the 'Stockholm' house from 2005 (designed by Box Design architects Ann Morsing and Behan Nord), Gotland's house from 2008 and 'Land Sma' home from 2006 (formerly known as Gothenburg).
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External links
- Lundby's official website
- Swedish Dollshouses website - Lundby scale and 1:18 puppet stock and collection.
- Peppe doll website - Lundby collector, Peter Pehrsson website
- Lundby Lovers Group - Facebook group for Lundby scale collectors and 1:18 worldwide
- We Love Lundby Club Site
- The history of Lundby by Jennifer McKendry
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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