"A room furnished comfortably and tastefully, but not extravagantly. At the back, a door to the right leads to the entrance-hall, another to the left leads to Helmer's study. Between the doors stands a piano. In the middle of the left-hand wall is a door, and beyond it a window. Near the window are a round table, arm-chairs and a small sofa. In the right-hand wall, at the farther end, another door; and on the same side, nearer the footlights, a stove, two easy chairs and a rocking-chair; between the stove and the door, a small table. Engravings on the walls; a cabinet with china and other small objects; a small book-case with well-bound books. The floors are carpeted, and a fire burns in the stove." From Henrik Ibsens Play..
The Doll's House – 1879 is based on Henrik Ibsens play, published that year. Ibsen described Nora and Torvald Helmer's home as "furnished comfortably and tastefully, but not extravagantly". But even thought the narrative is Ibsen's play, we have a different purpose in displaying this home. We will present the late 19th century bourgeois home as a female sphere in a male world, with the front stage where the master and the mistress entertained guests and the back stage where the servants worked and the children usually were hidden way. We also want to show that the privacy and intimacy of the bourgeois home is an important part of the development of a modern home