Take a look inside Queen Mary’s miniature Edwardian townhouse…
“Queen Mary (of the United Kingdom), the grandmother of Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, was renowned for her love of all things small and decorative.
In 1920, Princess Marie Louise, Queen Mary’s friend, and a cousin of her husband George V, decided to commission Sir Edwin Lutyens (who also designed the British ambassador’s residence in Washington DC, where Princess Diana stayed when she famously danced with John Travolta in 1985) to design a sumptuous dolls’ house for Her Majesty.
This year marks the centenary of when the impeccably presented scaled-down Edwardian townhouse was completed and given to Queen Mary.
The life-like London four-story townhouse was built between 1921 and 1924 and given to Her Majesty as a gift from the people of the United Kingdom. It was decorated and filled with contributions from over 1500 of the well-known ‘brands’ of the day, including Singer Sewing Machines and Hoover Vacuums.
Artists such as Dorothy Cohen painted paintings and murals, displayed on the walls. There is a well-stocked wine cellar, a garage full of contemporary cars, and a library of books from the important authors of the day including Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, plus a grand piano with functioning ivory keys.”
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Inside Queen Mary’s 100-Year-Old Bejeweled Dolls’ House (naturaldiamonds.com)
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