22" Wooden Pandora Doll....AVAILABLE

Augusta is a finely hand carved 22" wooden pandora doll. Her entire body is made of wood, except for her cloth upper arms. She has antique glass eyes and, her wig is made of antique mohair in a lovely dark brown color. All of her clothing and accessories are made with early materials and textiles, they are removable. Please scroll down to see step-by-step photos on how I have dressed her and all the details of this doll.  If you are interested in purchasing her, contact me at: soniakrausedolls@gmail.com

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Her shift, dickey petticoat, underskirt and false rumps are made of antique cotton fabrics dating from the Victorian Era. 

Headdress: Brocade Coif, early 18th century style.

Stays: 18th century linen, with front and back lacing.

False rumps: they were usually filled with cork, feathers, cotton wool, horsehair; most of them had attached a cotton or linen panel to protect the body from the roughness of these materials.

Underskirt/petticoat: cotton with embroidered hem. 

Stockings: the material was repurposed of a woman's stockings from the Victorian era.

Cloth pocket: 1880's French embroidery, it was handcrafted with beautiful ombre ribbons.

Her outfit consists of a jacket bodice and a quilted petticoat. 

Eighteenth century silk brocade, red ground brocaded in polychrome silks; the colors are just gorgeous. Most likely from Spitalfields or Lyon.

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Inspired by an English brocade jacket bodice with peplum, that dates from c.1750-1770. There were many styles of these jackets throughout the eighteenth century. My doll's jacket is more like a Pierrot (a very short bodice jacket) both styles constructed with a fitted back and a peplum, but Pierrot jackets were commonly closed at the center front with hooks and eyes and/or laced inside.

Stomacher: Decorated with antique silk ribbonwork and silver metallic torchon lace.

I made her necklace and bracelet with antique glass beads and tiny gilt spangles that I recycled from an eighteenth-century embroidered textile.

Chatelaines are lovely accessories for your dolls; Augusta loves her chatelaine! The pinball is worked in brocade with a cross stitch embroidered ribbon. It comes with antique miniature stork scissors.

Who cannot get inspired just looking at this beautiful, eighteenth-century quilted block printed textile, a wonderful example of the skilled artisans of the textile industry from that era! Naive and charming caterpillars and floral motifs are the patterns printed onto this fabulous textile.