Today's doll, seen at the doll show the other day, is a Polish Victims Relief Fund doll.
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| I love her shoes! |
She is about 11 to 12 inches tall.
Some of the Polish Relief Fund dolls were much larger. She has a stuffed cloth body, center stitched face, embroidered features, and yarn hair. All these features are typical of the Polish Relief Fund dolls.
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| Sorry these are a bit out of focus. I still need to replace my lens...or my camera. |
The Polish Victims Relief Fund was set up after WWI to aid displaced Polish women and children after WWI. Dolls were designed and handmade by artists who were Polish refugees in Paris, and sold to benefit Polish widows and orphans. Famed pianist, composer, Polish Prime Minister, and one of the signers of the Treaty of Versailles. Ignacy Jan Paderewski helped to promote the sale of the dolls.
His wife Madame Helena Paderewski oversaw production and sales of the dolls. They are commonly referred to as Madame Paderewski's dolls, even though she didn't actually make any of them herself.
This doll would have originally had a medallion around her neck, identifying her as a Polish Relief Fund doll. This one appears to be without hers.
That's today's doll. I took my day off today and relaxed. I even took a nap! Tomorrow it's back to work. Part of the day will be spent trying to find Ken a suit for the wedding. We spent all day searching yesterday, and nothing fit properly except a suit Ken complained about seeing the padded shoulders of in his peripheral vision! See you tomorrow.
