Vitrine 7
World of dolls: Wood and papier-mâché
Description
Dolls with wood and papier-mâché heads enjoyed great popularity in the late 18th and 19th centuries. The papier-mâché head, which was molded in models and then finely painted, was joined to a body that was usually made of white goatskin. Hands and feet were either also made of leather, or they were carved from wood and attached. A large production of high quality papier-mâché dolls developed since the end of the 18th century in Thuringia, especially in the towns of Sonneberg and Hildburghausen. Wooden dolls mostly came from Oberammergau in Bavaria and Val Gardena in South Tyrol.
Selection
1: Elegant couple
2: Top cabinet
3: Lady with porcelain head
3: Hat store
3: Doll with porcelain head
4: Doll with face made of papier-mâché
5: Mirror
6: Wooden link doll: Elegant gentleman
7: Wooden link doll: Young woman
8: Papier-mâché doll: Young woman
9: Wooden doll: Young woman in rural clothes
10: Papier-mâché doll: "Sonneberg baptized"
11: Papier-mâché doll: boy
12: Papier-mâché doll: girl
13: Papier-mâché doll: girl
14: Paper mache doll without clothes