Queen Mary's Rooms
Dolls' House
1920-1924 (made)
1920-1924 (made)
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| Place of origin |
These two rooms were made by David Allan, who worked in Buckingham Palace where he was responsible for the textiles and upholstery. Queen Mary collected the furniture, which was made as a matching set, and all the other miniature items with which the rooms were decorated. She gave the rooms to the Museum of Childhood in 1924, the same year that the famous Queen Mary's dolls' house, on display at Windsor Castle, was made as a tribute to her.
Object details
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| Title | Queen Mary's Rooms (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | Polished wood |
| Brief description | Queen Mary's Rooms made in England by David Allan in the early 1920s |
| Physical description | Dolls' house made from wood with open front. Above is a bedroom, below is a sitting room. Both rooms furnished appropriately with furnishings and decor of the early 1920s. The pictures on the walls are photographs of originals in Windsor Castle. The house was made by David Allan, tapissier to the King at Buckingham Palace. The objects were bought and collected by Queen Mary. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Credit line | Given by H. M. Queen Mary |
| Summary | These two rooms were made by David Allan, who worked in Buckingham Palace where he was responsible for the textiles and upholstery. Queen Mary collected the furniture, which was made as a matching set, and all the other miniature items with which the rooms were decorated. She gave the rooms to the Museum of Childhood in 1924, the same year that the famous Queen Mary's dolls' house, on display at Windsor Castle, was made as a tribute to her. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | W.90-1924 |
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| Record created | June 2, 2005 |
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