1988 Queen Mary's Dollhouse British Royalty Doll Collecting Hardcover Book

Queen Mary's Dolls' House was created as a 1:12 scale miniature royal palace or town house as a gift from the nation to Queen Mary. The House, with a façade in the style of Sir Christopher Wren or Inigo Jones, is operated by a mechanism in the basement and lifts up entirely to reveal the house within, visible in the round. The House incorporates running water, electric lighting and working lifts. The idea behind the model was that it would be as true to life as possible, recreating every facet of modern-day life from the 1920s. It contains around 1000 miniature works of art. Princess Marie Louise, who was instrumental in creating the House, later said that the only thing that was not reproduced in miniature was the telephone.The House stands on a large plinth which is fitted with a drawer at one end to house the garage, complete with seven model cars and a motorcycle, and at the other with a garden designed by the famous designer Gertrude Jekyll. Vintage book. Cover has wear with tears