Antique Character Dolls German French Etc / Scarce Book

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”Until the beginning of the 20th century, almost every doll maker had but one thought in his mind when instructing the artists who modelled the heads of new dolls: they must be pretty. The bisque-head dolls, produced in such numbers in France and Germany, were designed to resemble young and lovely ladies. But these dolls’ beautiful faces tended to have a mask-like symmetry and sameness. In 1908, however, the appearance at a doll exhibition in Munich of the “Art Doll” revolutionized the international toy industry, and doll makers, led by the German manufacturers Kammer & Reinhardt, began to vie with each other to make character heads.”

RARE CHARACTER DOLLS by Maree Tarnowska, Hobby House Press, Inc., MY, 1987 First Edition.

“Internationally known doll expert and dealer Maree Tarnowska has provided a fascinating study of these little known dolls. Drawing on the fine collections of, among others, Richard Wright and Ralph Griffith, she has produced a unique photographic record of the diverse character dolls manufactured in the early years of this century. The dolls illustrated range from the rare two-faced dolls made by the French company Bru, to such dolls as the Cambell kids. Some of the most famous of all character dolls – Kammer & Reinhardt’s Gretchen and Armand Marseille’s Fany, for example – are illustrated, and all of the dolls included, which were especially photographed by Maree Tarnowska for this book, are extremely rare. Grouped by manufacturer, the illustrations reveal the wide range of dolls that were produced – from Jumeau’s Screamer to Kestner’s Max and Moritz”. Other manufacturers discussed and illustrated include George Borgfeldt & Co., Louis Amberg & Son, Fleischaker & Braum (Effanbee), Edward Imerson Horsman, Joseph Kallus, Grace Story Putnam (Bye-lo Baby), Strobel & Wilken Co., Alt-Beck & Gottschalck,William Goebel, Eisenmann & Co., William Goebel, Kley & Hahn, Konig & Wernicke, Kathe Kruse, Bruno Schmidt, Franz Schmidt & Co., Simon & Halbig, Jules Nicholas Steiner, and many more. This book is an invaluable pictorial reference guide, which belongs, in the permanent reference library of the collector, dealer, or historian of antique dolls.

8.5” x 10.1” hardback with dust cover in very good+ condition. 144 pages.

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