Description
design maquettes for the finials on the parapet of Queen Mary's Doll House, in classical dress with turned treen urns, on painted wood plinth bases (2)
Dimensions
26cm and 25.5cm high
Footnote
Literature and Exhibited: Adrian J. Tilbrook & Fischer Fine Art Limited, Truth, Beauty and Design: Victorian, Edwardian and Later Decorative Art, An Exhibition at Fischer Fine Art Limited, 15 May-27 June 1986 (London).
Christies, London 'Decorative Arts for 1880 to the Present Day', 13th July 1988, Lot 352
Note: These maquettes were designed as finials for the parapet of Queen Mary's Dolls House, designed by Edwin Lutyens (1869-1944) in the early 1920s and currently housed in the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle.