| Creator |
Library Company of Philadelphia, collector. |
| Title |
Things left in books collection Paper dolls, Undated. |
| Physical Description |
13 items (in 1 folder) ; 4 x 4 cm to 17 x 6 cm. |
| Description |
These paper dolls are of two varieties, illustrations carefully cut out to create a separate figure, and hand-made dolls made
from available bits of paper. In the first category, we have two frogs, a rat, a floral bouquet, and four people. In the second
category, we have three people, two figures on horseback, a horse, and a sun. The horse is made of glossy embossed black paper.
Two of the people have separately made clothing. A cut-out illustration of a gentleman has a note on the back: Found in N.T.
of the Pictorial Bible NY 1847.
|
| Notes |
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
| Biographical / historical note |
This collection includes paper dolls found in books that are part of the Library Company's collections. The books in which
they were found are not identified. Since the mid 1980s, the Library Company no longer separates such materials without tracking
the connection through accession numbers. This collection gathers items from several sources, and is open to new additions.
|
| Genre |
Insertions (Provenance). |
|
Ephemera. |
|
Paper dolls. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts| Rare| Coll LCP Ephemera Things Dolls 3321.F.144 |
| Accession number |
3321.F.144a-o |
