Mary was a cherished family doll for over a hundred years whose journey began with Alice Helen Rodgers (1894-1955). Alice was born at Red Range near Glen Innes, on Noogoorabul/Ngarabal country in northern NSW. Established in the 1850s, the small rural community was predominantly home to settlers who worked on local farms or at the […]
In the 1920s, the children’s doll market was booming. The recent development of celluloid had changed everything – instead of relying on delicate and expensive porcelain, celluloid was tough, easily moulded, affordable, and high quality. During this time, the German and Japanese doll industries were particularly active, and many dolls and parts were imported to […]
It may surprise you to learn that dollhouses were not originally intended as childhood playthings. The first examples of European dollhouses, or dockenhaus in German, come from the seventeenth century. Meaning ‘miniature house’, these were intended for adults and served as a physical display of wealth, class, and privilege. In Mother (Dolls House), artist Michael […]
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