A popular, but now often forgotten once the category of traditional toys, for adults, paper doll, easy and cheap form of entertainment for children and for children for hundreds of years.
Strictly speaking, the term includes only dolls that have accompanying clothing or costumes. But the card data for thousands of years. Asian peoples have used the card data in ritual ceremonies for over 2000 years, and of other civilizations are forms of folk art paperCenturies.
The first use of paper dolls in Europe was in the fashion industry in France, Austria, Germany and Great Britain in the mid-18th century. These dolls were hand painted and amused adults. They were often used to display the fashions of the day or to represent popular figures of the time.
These types of dolls were first in the UK and North America in the 19th century and the beginning of many products have been exported from Europe to America in the late 19thCentury.
Cut-out paper dolls began in magazines in mid-century and 19th century newspapers around 1890 seem. The dolls would be printed on one side, with clothes and costumes (which can be dyed by hand) on the next page.
These dolls are simple became very popular in the early twentieth century. They provided cheap entertainment for children and were particularly popular during the Great Depression, when money was tight.
Paper dolls are recurring characters. Some wereshort-lived, but others are still. They include Barbie and Ken, Blondie (the comic, not the pop group), Dennis the Menace, Judy Garland and many other movie stars, celebrities and cartoon characters from the era of silent films.
Fashion Paper dolls appeared in 1940 with the designs of Louis Vuitton shoes, Timberland shoes and a variety of talented artists.
Paper dolls are still popular and are a treasure trove of captivating children, both as a toy for childrenand as a curiosity for collectors.
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