Doll, Paper

Object Name:

Doll, Paper

Object ID:

1957.036.026

Description:

German paper dolls. Four figure groups. Between them letters "Gesetzl. geschutzt." "3283" numbered group. Emblem with combined letters "WH" on chevron. Another symbol "H" with "S" over it combined, the "&" and below & "C" with small "o" in it. Lower right corner, woman playing with child. She's facing left. Curly brown hair. White cap. White blouse with green dress over it. Puffy sleeves at shoulder. May have white apron. Child prehaps on her knee and facing her. Wearing simple white shirt. Child with brown, curly hair. Woman holding child's hands between them. Above her, scene facing opposite way. Probably mother with two children looking at baby in bassinette. Mother with brown hair, white cap with lots of ruffles in it. Wearing pink dress with ruffles at collar. Decoration of ruffles down front center of her dress to waist area. May be decorations on her right sleeve. Her arm around, small boy with brown, curly hair, white ruffles around neck, perhaps slightly-purple coat. Boy's hands resting on end of bassinette. To left of woman, taller girl with long, brown hair, wearing yellow dress, white ruffles around collar. Facing towards baby along with mother. Both on side of bassinette. In white bassinette, small child in white with three pink bows across top surface, going from below chin down towards front end. Some puffy pillows supporting head of child, filling in back and side of bassinette. From original position, going around to upper left corner, scene facing same as mother and single child. Scene of mother in fairly fancy blue dress, sitting in chair. Wearing ruffled cap with blue ribbon. Brown, curly hair. Some gold beads around her neck. White scoop-front bodice with blue ribbon on white background. Ruffles around border of box. Long scoop blue sleeves of dress. White ruffles at one cuff. Dress extends down a little ways. In her left arm, on her lap, sits a child facing upward. Child in white, long shirt. Woman's left hand curled around child. Left arm of child extended upwards. Right arm of child reaching out in front of woman to grasp flower held by a young girl standing behind woman's right side, reaching over her shoulder to present flower. Child's head adjacent to woman, resting against her shoulder. Girl wearing red dress with white at cuff of short sleeve of her right arm. Can see part of her dress behind woman's arm and above her dress. Lower left corner, scene on side facing left. Scene of woman sitting in tall-backed chair with child on her lap. Woman with curly brown hair, white cap with ruffled edge and pink decoration on top. Woman wearing high-necked pink dress with long sleeves. Ruffles around collar of dress at her neck. Ruffles on left sleeve cuff. Left hand pointing upward with palm facing child. Her right hand curled around side of child. Child sitting upright on woman's lap, weaing loose, white shirt that sags slightly off shoulders. Child looking slightly upward. Has hands clasped together with fingers overlapped, slightly below its chin. Four buttons down front center of woman's dress. Woman may have separate tna-colored cloth on her lap under part of child. Overall, in reflected light, one can see modeling in costumes and hair in all people in scenes.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-5.5 W-5.8 inches

Credit Line:

Gift of Adin M. Noyes and Carl O. Noyes

Subjects:

Paper dolls