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May 20, 20 the queens dolls house was actually the brainchild of princess marie louise of schleswigholstein, king george vs cousin and a childhood friend of queen mary, and it was she who became the dolls house unofficial librarian, sending out hundreds of personal requests to authors to contribute to the project as well as creating the. Many artists, writers, and craftsmen of the day contributed to it. The second chapter of the official queens dolls house book addresses the idea of the house as a timecapsule and miniature threedimensional snapshot of life in the 1920s chapter 2. Annabelle and tiffany, dolls who are best friends living in the palmer house, have an adventure when they hide in kate palmer s backpack, are carried to school, mistakenly go to another house, and try to stop princess mimi, a doll who threatens all dollkind. The walls, painted by william nicholson 18721949, are flanked by lobbies and the servants quarters. I was so enchanted by royal collection official guide book to queen marys dolls house that i ordered this one figuring correctly that there would be other unique pictures. Tiny sherlock holmes book for queen marys dolls house in. The book of the queens dolls house together with the. Divided back postcard the queen s dolls house uk tuck s oilette series this excellent homemade dollhouse is an extremely inspiring and extraordinary idea. The first volume describes the doll house designed by the architect sir edwin lutyens which was made as a gift to queen mary of england in 1924.
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