Queen Mary's Dolls' House was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, for Queen Mary (Consort of George V). It was originally exhibited at the British Empire Exhibition, 1924/5, and is now on display at Windsor Castle, England, where it is a tourist attraction, especially to people with an interest in miniature houses and furniture.
It was made to a scale of 1:12 (one inch to the foot) and contains models of products of well known companies of the time. These were either made by the companies themselves, or by specialist modelmakers, such as Twining Models of Northampton, England. The carpets, curtains and furnishings were all copies of the real thing, and even the light fittings were working. In addition, well known writers such as Kipling wrote special books which were written and bound in scale size and painters provided miniature pictures. Even the bottles in the wine cellar were filled with the appropriate wines and spirits, and the wheels of motor vehicles were properly spoked.[1]
Reference
Stewart-Wilson, M, Queen Mary's Dolls' House, (Bodley Head) 1988
