These dolls are drawn by Queen Holden. They are part of a set called "Dolls of All Sizes" from 1945. Yeah, so that means they're 65 years old, the oldest dolls I own. I purchased them at the paper doll party in March, but haven't gotten around to posting them. They should be printable and should fit a standard sized sheet of paper no problem. Queen Holden was a wonderful artist who really enjoyed painting little children. Her daughter is also a paper doll artist, but I'm drawing a blank as to her name right now. My favorite is 3. I don't know if she has a name but it says 3 on the back of her body and on the tabs of her clothing. I love, love that three of the outfits for the girls involve paper dolls. There are two dresses where the girls are holding a book of paper dolls and one where the little girl has been cutting out a doll with scissors.
Hope you like them.
I love thes set. Oh how i wish these dresses were back in style.
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Thanks for sharing this, I have Baby Nancy, cut by Queen Holden, just love her work.
ReplyDeleteJust thought of Queen Holdens' daughters name. It is Kathy Lawrence.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I couldn't remember if it was Kathy Lawrence or Karen Reilly. Hopefully it will stick in my mind now. It's a lovely set and one of my favorite finds. I couldn't believe I was able to get my hands on some of her dolls.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for posting these! Queen is my daughter's great-great-grandmother, and examples of her work are so hard to come by!
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