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Papier mache Baby
80,00€
Papier mache Baby. Clothes doll with the head of pasta. This doll came into my hands in perfect condition. The body of clothes is in perfect condition. Pendulum and glass eyes. Measures about 34-35 cm.
The Stone Cardboard Dolls
In many cases included in the classification of Composition dolls .Papier mache Baby
Cardboard-stone or papier- maiché is defined in a dictionary of the late nineteenth century as: “a durable material made of paper pulp containing a mixture of pulp, oil, resin or other substances, from glued sheets of paper and pressed “.
Glue is added to the paper pulp as a binder. In some cases mud or flour was also added to achieve rigidity and solidity.
The word ” papier- maiché ” is used in English, French and German.
One of the first references to papier-mâché dolls is in Fournier’s “History of Children’s Games.” “The first dolls used a mixture of clay, paper and chalk called ‘carton-pierre’ (literally ‘stone cardboard’).”
In the area of Germany this material was known as “cardboard-pâté” (cardboard paste or papier-mâché) where it was poured into the molds of the dolls.
In the. XVIII it was discovered that papier- maiché dolls could be produced en masse, by a process of pressing the dough made into molds on the parts of the dolls. Papier mache Baby
It was assumed that this process was introduced to Sonnerberg from Paris, laid the foundations of large industry. Papier mache Baby
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