Miniature 1800s doll diorama by Helen Bruce in 1950s, Shelburne Museum, VT, USA.

Miniature collector, dealer, and maker Helen Bruce (born 1880) lovingly crafted this glass-incased diorama using an 1800s doll for her friend Electra Havemeyer Webb, an avid collector of American folk art who founded the Shelburne Museum in 1947. Shelburne Museum is one of the finest, most diverse, unconventional museums of American folk art. Visit this extensive museum in the town of Shelburne, near Lake Champlain, in Vermont, USA. Over 150,000 works are exhibited in 38 buildings, 25 of which are historic (relocated from New England and New York).

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Miniature collector, dealer, and maker Helen Bruce (born 1880) lovingly crafted this glass-incased diorama using an 1800s doll for her friend Electra Havemeyer Webb, an avid collector of American folk art who founded the Shelburne Museum in 1947. Shelburne Museum is one of the finest, most diverse, unconventional museums of American folk art. Visit this extensive museum in the town of Shelburne, near Lake Champlain, in Vermont, USA. Over 150,000 works are exhibited in 38 buildings, 25 of which are historic (relocated from New England and New York).