The Killer Cabinet house, a set of rooms in a lacquered cabinet made in England in the 1830s. Victoria & Albert Museum. 
This house is quite special because it is has been set up in a cabinet and not in a miniature building. Both Dutch and German influences can be seen in early English houses of the 18th century but, by and large, by the end of the 18th century the preference in England was for buildings in miniature.
The Killer cabinet house is a late example dating to the 1830s although it is probable that the furniture and furnishings are a little earlier.
It is known as the Killer house because it belonged to John Egerton Killer, a Manchester doctor, who ordered a copy to be made of a favourite cabinet in his possession for the purpose of amusing the many ladies in his family by providing them with a baby house.
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