The Story of German Doll Making 1530-2000

by Mary Gorham Krombholz, Cynthia Erfurt Musser
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Hobby House Press (2001-05)
ISBN: 0875886027
EAN: 9780875886022
Binding/Media: Hardcover - 192 pages
Edition: illustrated edition
SKU: DL 11
Condition: Very Good
Comments: 2001, 8.5 x 11, 192 pages, Hardback, Book is in Very Good Condition. Book is completely intact with inside pages in Very Good condition with no tears and with no notations (no pencil marks, no underlining, no highlighting, etc.) ( « if ( document.getElementById ) { document.writeln('less'); } )

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This reference book, brimming with 350 color photos of dolls made of china, bisque, wood, papier-mache', wax-over papier-mache', explains the tradition of 470 years of doll making in Germany. This informative resource tool brings German doll making to a personal level as the reader travels back in time and visits the workshops and factories relating to doll making of yesteryear. It shares documented stories of the home workers and the roles their families played in making dolls in the central area of Germany. The book documents many antique dolls never before identified from shards dug up at a number of old porcelain factories. Current pictures of Thuringian buildings provide a visual tour of important homes and factories relating to doll-making.

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