Monday, 11 February 2013

Vintage Cloth Mother and child........



I find this old mother and child rag doll creation, utterly charming and very moving. Such a simple desgin , but with sooo much emotion. They are almost real to me.

These two dolls really are a very fine example of the art of the dollmaker, where some special magic and love has been woven into the doll and life like qualities are present.

This is one of the very extraordinary dolls that will be featured in the exhibition in gallery 8 that I have curated for the museum and feel very privileged to have done so.

2 comments:

Mary Ann Tate said...

What a face:) Such a charming little creation. Do you know when she was made?

Deborah Darling said...

They are about 100 years old , but look very good , and havent been played with much. I think they are lovely too Mary Ann :)