Hall Table and Chairs, The Queens Dolls House postcards (Raphael Tuck 4500-3)

2016 Exhibit
Hall Table and Chairs, The Queens Dolls House postcards (Raphael Tuck 4500-3) (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 "Hall Table and Chairs", 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 4500-3. These postcards started to be produced in 1924, when the dollhouse first went on public display.

SERIES I: HOUSE, HALL & DINING-ROOM

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I: 4500: HALL TABLE AND CHAIRS.

The Queen's Dolls' House is constructed to scale of one inch to a foot. So exactly is this carried out that the rooms and their contents look in the pictures like real rooms and real furniture, and do not show how diminutive they are. The Hall Table is of mahogany with Lapis Lazuli top. It is three inches high from the floor. On the backs of the chairs, which are in the style of the William & Mary period (end of 17th Century) can be seen the Royal Coat of Arms.

— Raphael Tuck & Sons, Postcard 4500-3, -

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