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Saturday, September 18, 2010

Wonderful Articles From Marta of Dolls from the Attic...Mis Munecas


I keep going back and back to read and re-read posts from Marta's Dolls from the Attic...Mis Munecas blog.

You see, it is filled to the brim with pictures of Victorian dolls and information on the Victorian Era and I am fascinated by the amount of information that Marta has within her blog. I can only imagine the amount of effort and work that goes into finding all the material for her posts.

If you LOVE Victorian dolls, history, and pictures from the Victorian era then you'll want to visit Dolls from the Attic...Mis Munecas .

Here's a listing of the articles from Marta's wonderful Dolls from the Attic...Mis Munecas  blog.
  1. Children of Paris
  2. The Queen is Dead...Long Live the King!
  3. "The Fashion Doll" Trend Setters of the 18th Century
  4. ...and all the King's ladies
  5. Edward Albert...Son and Heir Apparent
  6. The Regal Beauty of Parian Dolls
  7. Little Lord Fauntleroy... The Edwardian Era
  8. Bertie...a rebellious prince. "The Edwardians" (part 2)
  9. "The Edwardians " (part one) an introduction.
  10. Walking Down the Red Carpet 19th century style
  11. Porcelain, from the T'ang Dynasty to Meissen
  12. Pale yet lovely, glazed and beautiful.
  13. "Waifs and Strays" The Poor Victorians
  14. "Upstairs, Downstairs" Victorian Middle Classes
  15. It was the Best of Times, It was the Worst of Times (Victorian era part 8)
  16. The Holly, The Ivy, and the Mistletoe (part 7 Victorian Era)
  17. The Ethereal Beauty of Wax (Victorian era part 6)
  18. The Art of Victorian Mourning ( Victorian era part 5)
  19. Queen Victoria: Wife, Mother and Widow (part four Victorian era)
  20. Dolls of the 19th century..The Dawning of Porcelain (part 3 Victorian era)
  21. Victoria and Albert (part 2, Victorian era)
  22. The Victorian Era 1837 - 1901 (part 1) Princess Victoria of Kent
  23. Grodner Tal, "Tuck Comb," Peg Wooden Dolls
  24. Biedermeier Period 1820-1836
  25. Origin of the Term "Milliner's Model Doll"...What's in a Name?
  26. Milliner's Model Doll... A Fashion Model or a Toy?
  27. Those Frills, and Flowers, and Buttons and Bows......
  28. Street Vendors of the 19th century...Peddlers or Pedlars?
  29. Hot cross buns, one ha' penny, two ha' penny hot cross buns...
  30. The Georgian Period 1714-1830
  31. Georgian Children
  32. House of Hanover
  33. The Endearing Cranford Ladies
  34. A Time of Sense and Sensibility
  35. Jane Austen's Regency Gentlewomen
  36. Papier Mache Dolls and Key Manufacturers: Muller 1805-1892
  37. The Key Manufacturers: Voit 1806-1882
  38. The Key Manufacturers: Kestner 1805-1938
  39. From the Forests of Thuringia
  40. What is Papier-Mache?
  41. The Napoleon Influence
  42. “Marie Antoinette and Louis-Auguste” a Fairy Tale Without a Happy Ending
  43. A Wedding at Versailles
  44. "Marie Antoinette," The Last Queen of France
  45. French Court Mannequins and Couture
  46. The Beginning of the End
  47. Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite
  48. Queen Elizabeth I "The Golden Age"
  49. Elizabethan Children
  50. 17th and 18th Century Dolls
  51. Medieval Children
  52. The Dolls of the Middle Ages
  53. Once Upon a Time.....
  54. The 12th Century a Time for Knights and Damsels in Distress
  55. A Glimpse of Richard Wright’s Incredible Collection
  56. I'm all that's left of a bizarre childhood...
  57. The Nutcracker
  58. The Golden Age of Automata
  59. Commedia Dell' Arte
  60. The Graham Children
  61. The Magical Musical Dolls
  62. Mechanical Dolls / Automatans
  63. Le Marottes et Folies
  64. Kings and Fools
  65. Florence, Jane, Mary Louisa, and Julia.
  66. A Gift From the Bees
  67. Beeswax..The Primary Material
  68. Las Meninas
  69. Wax Dolls A Victorian Plaything
  70. The Origins of Wax-Modeling
  71. Santos and Creche Figures
  72. Background on Nativity Sets
  73. Dolls of religious significance
  74. Coming of Age in the Ancient World
  75. The Dolls of Egypt, Greece and Rome
  76. Doll House of Petronella Dunois based on paintings from the Dutch Masters
  77. Interiors by Vermeer and Pieter De Hooch
  78. Early Wooden Dolls to the 1850s… Is beauty truly in the eye of the beholder...
  79. 1700 William and Mary Period English Wooden
  80. 1740 Queen Ann Period English Wooden
  81. 1800 Georgian Period English Wooden
  82. The Reinassance
  83. Portrait of Arabella Stuart ca,1577
  84. Christ Blessing the Children ca;1540
  85. English School,1506 Children of the King of Spain
I hope you enjoy Marta's articles as much as I do.

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