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Bisque dolls were produced from the 1840s
until after World War I, with
the amount of production
and number of manufacturers increasing significantly
around 1860. The years from 1860 through 1890 were
dominated by
fashion dolls. These dolls were made to represent
ladies, and they were dressed in exquisite, elaborate
reproductions of current fashions. Most were made in
France with
inset glass eyes and woman-shaped kid bodies, by
companies such as Jumeau, Bru, Gaultier, Rohmer and
Huret. Fashion dolls, despite their elaborateness, were
definitely playthings. Little girls would perfect
their sewing skills by sewing wardrobes for their dolls,
as they learned about the importance and substance of
fashion for mid 19th century women. Often
these dolls would come with entire trunks of clothes and
accessories! In fact, an entire industry
existed to
costume and accessorize these dolls, in the Passage
Choiseul area of Paris. These businesses included
seamstresses, milliners, shoemakers,
jewelers, and
shoemakers!
Most all-bisque dolls are from the late 1800s and early
1900s, to about 1930. Kestner and Simon and Halbig made many of
these dolls; many other makers of generally lesser quality also
did. Most of these dolls were made in Germany, but some very early
exquisite dolls were made in France, and many crudely made later
dolls were made in Japan.
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