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| The palatial interiors of Waddesdon Manor, a Rothschild mansion in Buckinghamshire stuffed with treasures once owned by emperors and queens – and now owned by the National Trust – have been recreated in gingerbread and sugar icing for Christmas. | The palatial interiors of Waddesdon Manor, a Rothschild mansion in Buckinghamshire stuffed with treasures once owned by emperors and queens – and now owned by the National Trust – have been recreated in gingerbread and sugar icing for Christmas. |
| The miniature rooms are detailed down to the Sevres and Meissen porcelain set out on the dining room table for a banquet, the festoons of silk brocade in the grandest bedroom where Queen Victoria took a nap, and the views of 18th-century Venice by Francesco Guardi on the panelled walls of the east gallery. | The miniature rooms are detailed down to the Sevres and Meissen porcelain set out on the dining room table for a banquet, the festoons of silk brocade in the grandest bedroom where Queen Victoria took a nap, and the views of 18th-century Venice by Francesco Guardi on the panelled walls of the east gallery. |
| The two-metre-long gingerbread Waddesdon is the creation of Biscuiteers, whose previous work includes a panorama of lost buildings of London such as the Euston Arch and Old London Bridge, made for Selfridges’ Christmas windows in 2013, and a selection of gingerbread books presented last year to Harper Lee, to mark the launch of Go Set a Watchman, 55 years after her last book. | The two-metre-long gingerbread Waddesdon is the creation of Biscuiteers, whose previous work includes a panorama of lost buildings of London such as the Euston Arch and Old London Bridge, made for Selfridges’ Christmas windows in 2013, and a selection of gingerbread books presented last year to Harper Lee, to mark the launch of Go Set a Watchman, 55 years after her last book. |
| The ingredients for their latest creation included 30kg of butter and 216kg of icing. | The ingredients for their latest creation included 30kg of butter and 216kg of icing. |
| Waddesdon was built by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild in the 1870s in the style of a French renaissance chateau as a setting for his extraordinary art collections, which included furniture owned by Marie Antoinette and a carpet from Versailles. | Waddesdon was built by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild in the 1870s in the style of a French renaissance chateau as a setting for his extraordinary art collections, which included furniture owned by Marie Antoinette and a carpet from Versailles. |
| The mansion has been lavishly decorated for Christmas – something that never happened in the days of Waddesdon’s creator. The property, with installations by the light sculptor Bruce Munro, will be open until 2 January. | The mansion has been lavishly decorated for Christmas – something that never happened in the days of Waddesdon’s creator. The property, with installations by the light sculptor Bruce Munro, will be open until 2 January. |