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19th century style doll in progress

Updated: May 1

I had an embroidered floral piece of fabric, which was just asking to become a 19th century-style dress. I couldn’t decide, whether it should be a Russian or an English lady, but, as the dress would be the same, I just started on the dress. The trim is vintage lace; I used to tie the letters (real letters!) with it, but now it seemed too pretty to be hidden somewhere in the archive:


Attaching lace to art doll dress
Attaching lace to art doll dress

The jacket is an attempt to recreate a spencer jacket, making her, I guess, more of an English girl:


Fitting art doll jacket
Fitting art doll jacket

Fitting art doll jacket
Fitting art doll jacket

Art doll spencer jacket
Art doll spencer jacket

Art doll spencer jacket
Art doll spencer jacket

The shoes were inspired by the Regency fashion. They are sewn from real thin leather, from an old jacket donated to me by a friend especially for doll-making:


Art doll shoes
Art doll shoes

All that is left now is the face, hair and maybe a hat. So far I am on the third head – two came out completely unsuitable: one looks like a school headmistress, and the other is far too happy. I need a pensive, thoughtful expression –  why cannot I do it? Normally it’s other way around…

#artdoll #clothdoll #текстильнаякукла

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