Paper Dolls
German Paper Dolls
Germany: 1930s. A charming 13.75" chromolithographed and die-cut paper doll produced in Germany, depicting a little girl with her hand over her heart. This doll is special because the hand on each of the outfits lifts to allow the doll to "hold" its accessories. Has stand in back to allow.....
Price: $100.00
Paper Doll, Pretend Play, Made by Hand
[c1870s]. A 17" jointed movable paper doll of what appears to be a Tyrolian gentleman. Penned on his cumberbund is "Andenken (Souvenir)". Jointed at shoulders and knees. String tie mechanisms lifts arms and legs.
Price: $550.00
Historical Paper Dolls,1860s Fashion
United States: 1920s. A 1920s era paper doll handmade and designed to depict a young lady from the 1860s with five (5) gowns and one (1) matching coat. The paper doll measures approx. 6.25" in height, and depicts a young smiling lady with black ringlets. It has been hand cut.....
Price: $200.00
Paper Doll, Made by Hand
A 2 1/2" handmade predominantly pencil drawn paper doll of a somewhat coquettish woman adorned in a petticoat. Accompanied by an elegant green gown holding a lace hankie.
Price: $90.00
Pretend play, paper dolls, articulation
London: Misch & Co., [1910]. Two (2) 12" card stock articulated or jointed paper dolls that move at the neck, shoulder, hip and knee. The limbs and head are attached to the body form with unique circular inserts. The costume bodices slip beneath the arm joints and the sleeves slip.....
Price: $275.00
Paper Doll, Made by Hand, Pretend Play, Childhood Ephemera, Social History, Works by Children
c1940s. A 7 3/4" male and slightly shorter female two-sided paper dolls. They are drawn in the style of the Brave Boy and the Little Girl He in dashing finery with a sword and feathered hat, she in her outing attire with her dog at her side. Both with creative.....
Price: $375.00
Made by Hand, Works by Children, Paper Doll, Pretend Play
[1950s]. Two (2) pen and ink and watercolor paper dolls depicting sisters. The older sister is 5" with 9 costumes for school and play. The younger sister is 3 1/4" with 6 costumes. Each includes night ware. Well drawn and colored in an array of 1950s fashions...
Price: $50.00
Paper Doll, Pretend Play, Childhood Ephemera, Social History
New York NY: McLoughlin Bros. 1911-1913. Three (3) different 10 1/2" x 10 1/2" uncut sheet with a 6" paper doll with 5 costumes and 3-5 hats or wigs for each. Each costume is holding an object and includes a school outfit, party dress, night shirt, a coat and and.....
Price: $400.00
Paper Doll, Pretend Play, Childhood Ephemera, Social History
New York NY: McLoughlin Bros. 1911-1913. Three (3) different 10 1/2" x 10 1/2" uncut sheet of paper doll with costumes and hats for each. Sheet A is a 2 1/2" infant with 7 outfits a carriage, bath tub and many accessories. Sheet B is a 5" little girl with.....
Price: $425.00
Paper Plaything, Victorian Scrap, Paper Doll
c1870s. Four (4) different 6" embossed die-cut Victorian scraps of infants or young toddlers. Each with a different flowing gown. Three of the four hold objects. One is in a high chair with the tails of the gown tucked under the legs of the chair. What makes these items particularly.....
Price: $125.00
Folk Art, Made by Hand, Paper Dolls, Social Culture
Nebraska: 1910s. Five (5) crayon drawn and decorated paper dolls created from 'make-do' materials-- the back of pressed board advertising signed. The first is 21 1/2" older girl in a blue dress with large white colors. Her face is drawn as profile with an exaggerated nose and chin. Her hair.....
Price: $450.00
Handmade Paper Doll,Victorian Fashion, Works by Children
United States: c.1870. A charming handmade 5" paper doll, made by hand by a girl around the age of 12. The doll has long brunette hair tied back with black ribbons, and she comes with ten (10) outfits handmade from decorated paper, skillfully cut and completed with tiny pleats, ruffles.....
Price: $250.00
Paper Dolls,Made by Hand, Watercolor
1890s. The largest is the oldest brother who measures 3". each created with fine attention to detail including trim and accessories on costumes.
Price: $375.00
Dancing Doll, Hand Made Paper Doll, Original Art, Taglioni, Mary Lamb
Two (2) 7 1/2" jointed or articulated paper dolls with ten (10) outfits, two (2) umbrellas, and five (5) hats. Presumably made by Dennison and her exceptional handmade paper and fabric costumes. Each costume with unique features. A couple of the short dresses are constructed primarily of fabric with paper.....
Price: $115.00
Paper Doll, Made by Hand, Fashion, Pretend Play
A 7 3/4" tall watercolor paper doll. A tidy gent with broad-set eyes. His 11 costumes appear to be both contemporary to the 1940s while others are vintage. Four are labeled on reverse - lounge suit, yacht suit, full dress suit and tennis suit. Three fine hats accompany the outfits.....
Price: $225.00
Paper Doll, Pretend Play, Childhood Ephemera, Advertising to Children
Boston: Brown Taggard & Chase. A 6" x 4 1/2" single-sided advertisement captioned "hurrah for the Little Folks!" Chandler's Paper Dolls, of the Latest Paris Fashions. The is followed by the list of seven paper dolls produced in 1857. Published by Brown, Taggard & Chase, Nos. 25 & 29 Cornhill.....
Price: $150.00
Advertising to Children, Advertising Cover, Jointed Paper Dolls
An envelope or advertising cover for Kimport Dolls with images of Jointed L&B Paper Dolls, Independence Missouri. C1930s. Front cover depicts image from photograph of dressed bloomer doll, undressed ballerina, bloomer doll and Afro-American baby paper doll. Measures 3 5/8”x 6 ½”. Intact tear upper right corner above stamp. Postally.....
Price: $36.00
Advertising to Children, Paper Dolls, S&C
Germany. Printed in Austria: S & C, [1930]. A four-page folded booklet with die-cut heart on the cover exposition one of the paper dolls. It promotes Sorosis Shoes Hunters, most likely a shoe emporium. When opened it reveals three (3) die-cut 4 3/4" paper dolls, each with 3 costumes and.....
Price: $175.00
Anthropomorphism, Handwriting Analysis, Personality Tests, Toys
Leominster, Massachusetts: Nu-Age Industries, Inc., 1949. A delightful 1949 children's toy consisting of a folding game board (19.25" by 12" unfolded) and printed pad of analysis sheets (3.5" by 5.75") for determining what animal matches your personality based on the characteristics of your handwriting. Most charmingly, the top sheet of.....
Price: $425.00
Paper Doll, Social History, Popular Culture, Entertainment, Women's History
Akron, OH: Saalfield Pub. Co., 1943. A 12 1/2" x 10 3/4" uncut paper doll book with two (2) Ann Sothern paper dolls and six (6) pages of costumes. Each costume page has a vignette with an image from a photograph of the actress presumably in character. Pinched waist 1940s.....
Price: $75.00
au bon marche, mechanical trade card, movable trade card,
A 3” x 4 1/2” advertising trade card for Au Bon Marche department store in Paris. A first glance it has the appearance of a die-cut card of a child in a high chair. By pushing the base upwards and side flaps inward it creates a 3D chair with a......
Price: $125.00
McLoughlin Paper Dolls
New York, New York: McLoughlin Bros. 1850s. A scarce McLoughlin "Penny Doll" depicting an infant with two hand colored outfits. Each costume is printed on front only, and has a blank back to drape over the doll like an apron. Lacks one outfit and original illustrated envelope listed in Howard.....
Price: $125.00
Pretend Play, Paper Dolls, Social History
c1870s. A 3" paper doll cut from an illustration in a magazine. Depicts a back view of a slightly stooped elderly woman. A caring chid created two handmade costumes; each with applied shawls and aprons. Written on the verse of each costume is "Polly Grey", most likely the name given.....
Price: $110.00
Pretend Play, Paper Dolls, Sewing, Gender Roles
Brooklyn: Neptune Plastics, Inc., c1960. An unused large format book titled Be a Li'l Miss Designer - With this revolutionary new Colorful Self-Sticking Plastic Dressmaking Kit - No Glue No Sewing No Mess! Manufactured by Neptune Plastics, Inc. Brooklyn 16, NY.No. 898. Includes 4 different colors, 6 different styles (patterns).....
Price: $100.00