Vintage DOLLS celluloid, MINIATURE elegant SENIOR couple, hotsell French hand-sewn miniature black costumes, incredible.

Vintage celluloid dolls, elegant couple, French black hand-sewn miniature costumes, incredible.
Darling little thirties dolls in costumes from the turn of the century. All sewn by hand, even the lacy knickers and petticoat on the lady....lawn with lace and ribbons. The dress is black silk, decorated with hand embroidery in lilac and purple. The bodice, the skirt and her hat all have hand embroidered violets and leaves. The back of the dress has damage, the silk has shredded as it so often does with age. Such a shame. The hair on both dolls must also be delicious to some invader.... they have munched a lot of it away on the back of their heads. Even a pair of tiny wire glasses!!
Her partner is wearing a hand-sewn cutaway suit, made of black silk faille, a white shirt, a simulated celluloid collar (!) and black bowtie and topper. The hotsell detail in both costumes is wonderful....right down to the painted buttons on her painted button-up boots...
Ca 12 cm high. About 4.7 inches high.
I think the hair is real human hair. Under a loupe it seems to be real...
I have no idea what these dolls were for..... perhaps prototype designs for a theatre production. I have about 2 dozen of them, each costume a jewel.
This sale is only for the couple in black. The others I will detail in due course.


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