There are nearly 600 books in Queen Mary's Dolls' House at Windsor Castle. 176 are manuscripts by famous poets and authors of the 1920s, who copied in tiny handwriting work already published, or wrote new works specially for the library. Shelved alongside these are minuscule photograph albums, printed music scores reduced from works by some of the age's most well-known composers, and a world-class collection of miniature printed books. Over 700 postage-stamp sized pictures for the Library's tiny art portfolios were contributed by British and Irish artists. This miniature time-capsule of culture was put together by Princess Marie Louise, a cousin of King George V, and her friend, the writer E.V. Lucas. The Dolls' House's architect Sir Edwin Lutyens designed the room, and Queen Mary added tiny trinkets to decorate it.
