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The Complete Guide to Antique, Vintage and Collectible Dolls
November 2025 Volume 28, Number 11
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RARE 18TH CENTURY ENGLISH WOODEN DOLLS OUTFITTED BY CANADIAN CREE INDIANS, PT. 1 by Elizabeth Ann Coleman
FROM PRINT TO BOUTIQUE French Fashion Accessories Inspired by Nineteenth Century Fashion plates by Melanie Luther
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16-inch and 13-inch English wooden dolls late 1700s, in original authentic costume of the Eastern Cree Indians who were major trading partners of the English Hudson Bay Company. One-piece heads and torsos, painted-over-gesso complexion and facial features, blush spots; enamel inset eyes, dot lashes, dot-arched brows, cloth upper arms and wooden lower legs with hip jointing, and tacked-on human hair hand-knotted wig. Photo courtesy of Theriaults.
Departments
BARBIE®: A CULTURAL ICON EXHIBITION Sixty-five Years of Fashion and Inspiration
2 Letter from the Editor
10 Paper Doll Stories by Samy Odin
20 2025 Doll Dreamers Market Review
by Eliza de Sola Mendes
43 Emporium
44 UFDC Convention Competitive Exhibit
47 Events/Classified Ads
48 Auction Calendar
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PAPER DOLL STORIES Embroidery Paper Dolls by Samy Odin
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