Writing Desk and Chair in Queens Bedroom, The Queens Dolls House postcards (Raphael Tuck 4503-6)

2016 Exhibit
Writing Desk and Chair in Queens Bedroom, The Queens Dolls House postcards (Raphael Tuck 4503-6) (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 "Writing Desk and Chair in Queen's Bedroom", 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 4503-6. These postcards started to be produced in 1924, when the dollhouse first went on public display.

SERIES IV: THE QUEEN'S PRIVATE BOUDOIR

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IV: 4503: WRITING DESK AND CHAIR IN QUEEN’S BEDROOM.

It would, we believe, be impossible to find any detail, however unimportant, passed over in the furnishing of the Queen’s Dolls’ House. Here we have a picture of the Writing Desk, a roll top that looks realistically serviceable and complete with its blue leather table, its neat pigeon holes and convenient drawers. It is difficult to realise that the desk is only 5¾ inches long. The Stationery Cabinet contains note-paper, stamped with the royal cipher and heading – Windsor Castle.

— Raphael Tuck & Sons, Postcard 4503-6, -

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