Today's doll is Diana.
She was hand made by Mirren Barrie. You can tell this, because Mirren Barrie dolls always have a little pocket sewn into their underclothes, with all their information on it, and containing a little paper with all the details.
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| This one has her pocket, but is missing her paper. |
This doll was made, as you can see from her pocket, as a souvenir doll for the 25th anniversary of Niada, The National Institute of American Doll Artists. It was a convention doll, handed out at the Naida convention in 1987. Apparently there were 201 of them made, and this lady is number 137, all information you can read on her pocket!
Her face is hand painted hardened cloth.
Diana has an elaborate hair style.
And she has some schnazzy shoes.
She also sports some jewelry and a nice belt.
Huge puffy sleeves, like the ones on her dress, were a thing in the 1830's, and were kept puffy and standing by stuffing them with little feather pillows, or putting little wire cages, made for the sleeves, inside. Can you imagine walking around with that crap in your sleeves?!
She has a few under layers, but not as many as a real life lady of the era would have had. That would have created too much bulk on such a small scale body.
Her hands have stitched fingers.
She would have had a huge hat too, a purse, earrings, and a parasol. You can see another Diana, who has all her accessories and her paper, HERE.
Mirrren Barrie, (I keep wanting to say Helen Mirren!), was a Niada doll artist. Originally from Scotland, she later settled in Vermont. She specialized in historically costumed dolls. I swear I have posted Mirren Barrie dolls on the blog before, but I can't find any! I know I have more. I got some at an auction, by accident. My others have their papers. I hope they survived the flood in our downstairs room, like this lady did.
See you again tomorrow!
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