The Miniature Library of Queen Mary s Dolls House /anglais - Couverture rigide

Ashby, Elizabeth Clark

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1909741574 ISBN 13 : 9781909741577

Editeur : Royal Collection Trust, 2024

Synopsis

A unique look inside the carefully crafted miniature library of the Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House.

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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À propos de l'auteur

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.
 

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Queen MaryÆs DollsÆ House is one of the most beautiful and famous dollsÆ houses in the world. Running the full length of its ground floor is a spellbinding library, filled with 300 miniature books and dozens of original paintings.

Lining the bookshelves of this miniature Edwardian library are specially produced works by some of the finest authors of the 1920s. From poetry by Thomas Hardy to stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, gardening books to atlases, miniature stamp albums to accurate train timetables, these works represent British aristocratic life and the best examples of art and literature of the time.

This book presents the fascinating history of the DollsÆ House Library, including its design by architect Sir Edwin Lutyens, correspondence from the authors of the libraryÆs books, an exploration of the fascinating works that fill the shelves, including works of fiction, recipe books, medicine books and music manuscripts, and lavish illustrations that capture the charming detail of this delig

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Royal Collection Trust
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1909741574
• ISBN 13: 9781909741577
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 159
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Van Ditmar Boeken, VDB Sales; sales@vanditmar.nl; ; Hondiuslaan 44; Utrecht; 3528 AB; Pays-Bas