The Miniature Library of Queen Mary’s Dolls' House
Autor Elizabeth Ashby Cuvânt înainte de Her Majesty the Queen Contribuţii de Kathryn Jones, Sophie Kelly, Emma Stuart, Kate Heard, Her Majesty Queen Camillaen Limba Engleză Hardback – 23 apr 2024
Created between 1921 and 1924, the Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House is one of the most beautiful and famous dollhouses in the world. The structure was designed by British architect Sir Edwin Lutyens and features the craftsmanship of over one thousand artists. The house was meticulously furnished, meant to serve as a representation of a real royal residence. It features electricity, running water, and working elevators, but perhaps most impressive of all is the house’s spellbinding Edwardian library, which includes more than three hundred miniature books, curated by the granddaughter of Queen Victoria Princess Marie Louise and the writer E.V. Lucas, who contacted hundreds of renowned authors to solicit original works. From poetry by Thomas Hardy to stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and gardening books to atlases, these works represent British aristocratic life and the best examples of art and literature of the time.
The Miniature Library of Queen Mary’s Dolls' House is accompanied by a Foreword by Her Majesty Queen Camilla, making it the premiere guidebook to the Crown’s miniature royal residence.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781909741577
ISBN-10: 1909741574
Pagini: 160
Ilustrații: 150 color plates
Dimensiuni: 182 x 216 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.64 kg
Ediția:Nouă
Editura: Royal Collection Trust
Colecția Royal Collection Trust
ISBN-10: 1909741574
Pagini: 160
Ilustrații: 150 color plates
Dimensiuni: 182 x 216 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.64 kg
Ediția:Nouă
Editura: Royal Collection Trust
Colecția Royal Collection Trust
Notă biografică
Elizabeth Ashby is a curator of books and manuscripts at the Royal Collection Trust. She has contributed to Royal Collection titles including Charles II: Art and Power and The First Georgians: Art and Monarchy.
Cuprins
Foreword by Her Majesty Queen Camilla; ‘A very great treasure’ – The Creation of a Miniature World; The Room; ‘Every author of note’; ‘Please do not think I am complaining, because it was all joy’ – Collecting the Manuscripts; ‘Every taste has been considered’ – The Contents of the Manuscripts; ‘The little books look divine’ – Binding the Dolls’ House Library; Printed Books; ‘One of Royalty’s favourite occupations’ – Music in the Dolls’ House; ‘I shall be pleased to add my atom of art’ – Prints and Drawings in the Dolls’ House Library; ‘It will have in the future such inestimable value’; Select Bibliography
Recenzii
"The doll’s house is on public view at Windsor Castle in England. The 1:12 scale detailing of it is fine throughout, but particularly spectacular is the library, the story of which is chronicled in The Miniature Library of Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House, an excellent new illustrated history by Elizabeth Clark Ashby, curator of books and manuscripts at the Royal Collection Trust."