I was able to see the display at Windsor Castle 20 years ago ( I don't remember it being in the nicely lit up room this book shows it in) and really appreciate finding this book at Amazon. It's probably better (it is longer) than the official guidebook Amazon also sells.
You don't really get a guide book, (like another reviewer remarked this book could've been larger in size), no "to your left is the…" text here- but more of a history of the dolls' house origins and development. I didn't like some of the author's text as much as I did the quotes from original period materials.
The photography- all of it- is beautiful, even the original 1920's pictures are interesting, but mostly consists of room shots or detail images within those rooms. The work those people put out, amazing even now! There are even a few silhouettes of some items done to actual size, metric measurements- but not inch- scaled.
Also included are inventories of the wine cellar (the real stuff- in miniature bottles) and a full chapter on the library and art collection - I knew that the house had these collections but hadn't seen detailed listings before.
One reviewer complained of "nudes writhing on the ceilings" and didn't want her children seeing such things. I never noticed them 20 years ago and if you don't tell little Johnny, and give him a magnifying glass, he won't notice anything in this book either. Only two(?) pictures anyway and not shown up close- don't let the nudes keep you from buying the book, you'll never notice them.
This book makes me want to go back and see the dolls' house again!
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