Five Hand Drawn & Painted Paper Doll Dresses ca1918
$48
Offered by Forget Me Not Antiques
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Paper dolls and their costumes have been found from as early as the 1780’s so we know that people have been making them for at least 250 years. By the end of the 19th century, paper dolls were being manufactured by American companies including McLoughlin Brothers, Peter G. Thompson, Dennison Mfg and Frederick A Stokes and Company, but commercial dolls are an extravagance if you can cut people’s pictures from a magazine and make a wardrobe to fit or better still, draw your own doll and then make the costumes. It is always a delight to find hand made paper dolls and their wardrobes.
These five dresses were all made for the same doll. What a lucky lady she was and I wish I had her to go with her dresses! It’s hard to know whether the dresses were copied from fashion plates or designed by the maker. All are in shades of pink and pale blue with floral decoration. The dresses are drawn on a medium weight watercolor paper. They are 3 ½” high with a skirt width of 2 ½”.
The paper dresses are in very good condition. Four have their tabs. Please examine the photos and don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
While you are here, do take a look at the other group of paper doll dresses I have for sale at this time. Thank you for visiting my shop today.
These five dresses were all made for the same doll. What a lucky lady she was and I wish I had her to go with her dresses! It’s hard to know whether the dresses were copied from fashion plates or designed by the maker. All are in shades of pink and pale blue with floral decoration. The dresses are drawn on a medium weight watercolor paper. They are 3 ½” high with a skirt width of 2 ½”.
The paper dresses are in very good condition. Four have their tabs. Please examine the photos and don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
While you are here, do take a look at the other group of paper doll dresses I have for sale at this time. Thank you for visiting my shop today.
Item id: RL2818Item type: Vintage
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