Paper doll dress
Name/Title
Paper doll dressEntry/Object ID
2026.5.3.aDescription
Late 19th to early 20th century paper doll dress, in shades of yellow and white.The style of this dress is typical of an adolescent girl’s day dress in the last decade of the nineteenth century and the first decade of the twentieth century.Use
Child's toyContext
Paper dolls were marketed to American children as early as the nineteenth century, when industrialized paper production as well as commercial printing and die-cutting technologies made them relatively affordable to manufacture. While most dolls were accompanied by a few wardrobe changes, many children supplemented these garments with handmade ones or made the dolls themselves.Category
Dolls, Paper