Drawing Room or Grand Saloon, The Queens Dolls House postcards (Raphael Tuck 4501-1)

2016 Exhibit
Drawing Room or Grand Saloon, The Queens Dolls House postcards (Raphael Tuck 4501-1) (i)
location:
Arch Two , Area 19 Antique and Vintage Dollhouse Miniatures (display)
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==This exhibit is scheduled to go on display during 2016, as part of the museum's 25th anniversary improvements==,

An "Oilette" postcard of "The Drawing Room or Grand Saloon", The Queen's Dolls' House (later to be known as Queen Mary's Dolls' House), produced by Raphael Tuck and Sons ("Tuck's Postcards") catalogue number 4501-1. These postcards started to be produced in 1924, when the dollhouse first went on public display.

SERIES II: DRAWING-ROOM AND LIBRARY

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II: 4501: THE DRAWING ROOM OR GRAND SALOON OF THE QUEEN'S DOLLS' HOUSE

occupies the first floor of the Garden side of the House. Here are two silver chairs on a dais under a canopy suggestive of state ceremonial. Over the beautiful fireplace is a replica of Cope's famous portrait of the Electress Sophia of Hungary. Sir John Lavery has contributed a miniature replica of his portrait of King Edward and here, too, are Sir William Orpen’s portraits of King George and Queen Mary. Rose silk hangings on the walls adorn a room that might well be in one of the Royal Palaces. The little gilt busts on the mantelpiece were given by Lady Patricia Ramsay.

— Raphael Tuck & Sons, Postcard 4501-1, -

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