Wardrobe and Chest of Drawers in the Queens Apartments, The Queens Dolls House postcards (Raphael Tuck 4502-5)

2016 Exhibit
Wardrobe and Chest of Drawers in the Queens Apartments, The Queens Dolls House postcards (Raphael Tuck 4502-5) (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 "Wardrobe and Chest of Drawers in the Queen's Apartments", 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 4502-5. These postcards started to be produced in 1924, when the dollhouse first went on public display.

SERIES III: THE ROYAL BEDROOMS, Etc.

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III: 4502: WARDROBE AND CHEST OF DRAWERS IN THE QUEEN'S APARTMENTS.

The spacious Amboyna Wardrobe in the Queen’s Bedroom is fitted with many shelves and drawers, and surmounted by lovely limewood carvings. It has gold handles and keyholes, and a key which locks. The bow-fronted Chest of Drawers in the Queen's Bathroom has a rhodonite top, on which stands a Faberge Japanese tree set with diamonds.

— Raphael Tuck & Sons, Postcard 4502-5, -

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