Queen Mary's Doll House

The pictures shown here are the actual rooms within Queen Mary's Doll House. It was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1924. Nearly every item in it was specially commissioned on a scale of twelve to one. The mechanical and engineering equipment is made to work, including the water system, the electric lights and the two lifts. Can you imagine the fun the children could have had sending the baby up on the lift for its evening bath, drying it off with small hand towels, then putting it to bed?

	The front foyer here has working chandeliers and the grandfather clock chimes on the hour. The paintings throughout the house were commissioned from well-known artists. Marble tiled floors and walls create a real castle appeal. The hand carved ceiling is etched in gold leaf. Can't you just see the proud little doll, dressed in her ballroom gown ascending to her bedroom?
Here is where she retires from her long day of engagements. The gramophone plays comforting music and a glass of genuine vintage wine, from her wine cellar, awaits her on her night stand. The furniture and other contents were made by the leading manufacturers of the day.
	The kitchen lacks the overall elegance of the rest of the house. Possibly because no one saw this room except the servants. While the cooks busy themselves the lady of the house descends in the lift to her study,
She chooses a book from her library, miniature in size but otherwise authentic, and reads some prose before beginning another long day. The figurines in this room are exact duplicates of those found in Windsor Castle. The walls are covered in real silk and the desk rests on a hand made wool rug.