[Ansteorra] period dolls

[Stefan li Rous]

On Aug 12, 2013, at 7:30 PM, David Backlin <thledrei at gmail.com> wrote:

> What about a Renaissance gown for Barbie or ahoupelande for Ken?

That is actually more period than you might think. Although some dolls were used in period as children's playthings, many more were used as fashion dolls to show off the latest Italian fashions in England or wherever. It was much easier to ship a bunch of dresses in doll size than full size.

dolls-msg (25K) 3/ 6/11 Medieval fashion and toy dolls.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/CHILDREN/dolls-msg.html

Perhaps of interest, but not necessarily period:
Dollhouses-art (15K) 3/ 6/01 Building miniature houses in period styles by Margery La Affayte.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/CHILDREN/Dollhouses-art.html

dollhouses-msg (9K) 4/ 3/01 Period and period-style dollhouses.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/CHILDREN/dollhouses-msg.html

Stefan

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