The Unique approach of Albert Bruckner cloth dolls

One of the ingenious methods of DIY dolls in the past can be seen in the designs of Albert Bruckner. Its dolls were produced in 1901 and the dolls are made of molded mask which was the product of the familiarity of Bruckner in lithography after having spent several years in the company of had gray. It was originally in lithography which was a common process of printing in the past where stone and wax are used primarily to set ink on canvas and paper.

Knowledge of Albert Bruckner on the printing process are then applied to his creations of doll in which he was granted a patent for this idea on July 8, 1901. Bruckner is then known to create dolls for the Horsman company with their line of Babyland rag doll. In 1905, popular character online dolls were Betty and Topsy who was about 12 inches. The model was called topsy turvy because both are sewn together in the torso region, like Siamese twins.

The pair topsy turvy of dolls that Bruckner was inspired on the novel by 1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe entitled "of Uncle Tom's cabin", in which a character was named Topsy. The topsy turvy doll was also included in the catalogue of the Babyland cloth doll in 1907. Today, these dolls are sought after collection objects that are characterized by the face of molded with image mask patterned on it. The character, Betty, has the characteristics of the Caucasus while Topsy has African American features. Topsy has Braided Black tails and a scarf red to complete his get - up cured. However, Betty is a cream and read the dress with a bonnet on his lithographed hair.

Bruckner used the same technique of impression on her dolls from 1901 to 1930. The dolls towards were popular, as it was as a doll of 2-in-1, in which you get another character once you flip upside down doll. The another doll head and torso has also may be covered by the dress or skirt that is carefully sewn to the environment. Later, the, the doll was then called Tu-N-One. Other dolls which is exit were figures of fairy tales, such as the little Red Riding Hood. Dollypop was an another doll of cloth with lithographed face and features hand-painted was patented in 1925. The dolls were also sold in famous stores such as Macy and o.e.f. Schwartz.

Collectors of some original creations of Bruckner doll will find in online auction sites. Most of her dolls were part of the dolls of cloth Babyland Horsman society and these measures usually in the range of 13 to 28 inches. The typical characteristics of Bruckner dolls are those that have flat and simple relief of faces painted with the mitten-like hands. Dolls in good condition with intact labels can cost $ 179 to $ 250 on the market today.

If you, as begin collecting dolls, or introduce a close to the tradition of the doll collection, it might be a good idea to start with dolls of interest and which are of relatively low cost. Our generation dolls are great for young girls while Monster high dolls could be better aimed at pre-teen and teenage girls.