Showing posts with label dolls. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dolls. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Tina Cassini 1964 Doll Fashion Booklet by Oleg Cassini + Video


This is an interesting doll.  
She was created to emulate fashion designer Oleg Cassini's
daughter Christina.  She only sold for one year, 1964.  She is harder to find.
She is basically the same size as Tammy and their clothes and shoes are interchangeable. 














 

Saturday, May 4, 2024

"Unbreakable" Dolls from the 1917 John M Smyth Catalog

 These catalog pages are from 1917!  The dolls just a little more than a decade prior to this were mostly made of some kind of porcelain or glass.  They started making dolls with paper mache, but those just weren't that durable.  Once the process of composition came along in the early 1900's, most dolls were made from that material.  It's basically sawdust mixed with glue, put into a mold, and then covered with a thick paint or resin.  Because prior dolls were predominantly porcelain or paper mache and all had problems with breakage, these new composition dolls were called "UNBREAKABLE".  They could, of course, break; but they were much more durable and many still look nice today!










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