Dolls from the Attic...Mis Muñecas

Dolls have always been a part of humankind, found in Egyptian excavations, and in Greek and Roman children's graves. Dolls and history go hand in hand, so is my intention with this blog to convey my passion for the dolls of the Renaissance, and the 19th and early 20th century. By borrowing from the work of the masters and archival photographs, I will be able to link them to the history of the times and briefly touch on the primitives. Welcome to my blog, and stay awhile.

Friday, March 19, 2010

Papier Mache Dolls and Key Manufacturers: Muller 1805-1892

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Just as man has stages he passes through over time, so do products. John Darcy Noble describes these product “careers” in four stages: 1. In...
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The Key Manufacturers: Voit 1806-1882

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Voit, was the second German manufacturer to be granted the privilege to produce and sell papier mache goods including dolls. He used wax mod...
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The Key Manufacturers: Kestner 1805-1938

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Kestner began making papier mache ladies and boys doll heads in 1815 “from his own production” as he did not have at the time, the right to ...

From the Forests of Thuringia

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From the time of Francis 1 of France (ca.1540) doll makers always used a mixture of clay, paper and plaster. By the 18th century German com...
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What is Papier-Mache?

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According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Papier Mache is a French term meaning "literally, chewed paper; a light strong mold...
Monday, March 15, 2010

The Napoleon Influence

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Napoleon and Josephine Napoleon Bonaparte of France rose from obscurity as an artillery officer to ultimately crown himself Emperor in 1804...
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Monday, March 8, 2010

“Marie Antoinette and Louis-Auguste” a Fairy Tale Without a Happy Ending

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Children as we know them today, spend a golden decade in a special wonderland before becoming teenagers. Not so children of earlier decades,...
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I should've been a Jane Austen character... a Dashwood sister with Sense and Sensibility; but secretly longing to be out in the moors sporting dirty, broken fingernails and wrestling with Heathcliff in another novel.
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