Doll, Paper
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| Nom de l'objet : | Doll, Paper |
| Classification de l'objet : | Artefacts de loisirs, Jouets Recreational Artifact, Toy |
| Matériaux : | papier paper |
| Numéro d'accession : | X964.18.10d |
| Date de début de production : | 1920 |
| Date de fin de production : | 1930 |
| Description : | A blue and white paper doll hat. The hat is a round toque with white trim and a white ball on top. There are two rectangular pieces that extend from each side to be folded around the paper doll.; Chapeau de papier bleu et blanc pour une poupée. Le chapeau représente une toque ronde à bordure blanche avec un pompon blanc sur le dessus. Deux languettes rectangulaires se prolongent de chaque côté et se replient autour de la tête de la poupée de papier. |
| Fonctions : | Paper dolls first appeared in Paris in the 18th century, during the reign of Louis XV. The whimsical toys easily found a place in the gay atmosphere of royal French society. On the other side of the English Channel during this time period, proper British printers mixed fun and virtue by printing moral stories on the flat sheets that comprised the dolls! Hence, from their earliest, paper dolls were used in a very different ways, and were accurate reflections of very different cultures. In Pioneer America, paper dolls had more humble beginnings. In Pioneer America, paper was a prized resource, and it was rarely "wasted" on toys. If children were lucky enough to get paper dolls, they treasured them between the pages of a book or in a carefully guarded box. This later changed with the invention of mechanical grinding machines, which became a ready source for pulp paper. As paper became less of a luxury, dolls were mass produced on inexpensive cardboard and became readily available to children. An interesting fact about early printed doll clothes was that they did not include tabs for dressing the dolls, as are common with paper dolls today. Instead, children painstakingly attached the clothes with tiny drops of sealing wax. They took care to press gently when they attached their clothes to their dolls, lest they tear the paper doll. At the turn of the century, department stores discovered that paper dolls were the ideal fashion advertisement. Specially designed dolls promoting "prêt-a-porter" gowns and new patterns appeared in ladies magazines such as the Delineator, Good Housekeeping, Ladies Home Journal, Ladies World, McCalls, Pictorial Review and Woman's Home Companion. The paper dolls from these magazines are sought-after by paper doll collectors today. Additionally, eager editors of newspapers began to realize the appeal of paper dolls, and they began to feature paper dolls in newspaper supplements as well. REF: http://collectdolls.about.com/library/ucpaperdolls.htm (visited 22 February 2007) |
| Hauteur : | 0.00 |
| Longueur : | 5.50 |
| Largeur : | 4.00 |
| Unité de mesure linéaire : | cm |
| Nombre de parties composantes : | 1 |
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| Ville de l'établissement : | Mississauga |
| Province de l'établissement : | Ontario |
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