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Dora

Rag Doll
1951 (published)
Artist/Maker
IPC (issued by)
Place of origin
England (published)

Printed cloth doll, representing a blue-eyed girl with blonde curly hair, known as 'Dora'. She was printed wearing a short blue dress, a hair ribbon, socks, strap shoes and a bracelet and was made from a kit issued by 'Woman' magazine. The doll was later clothed in a long dress of blue and white printed cotton with a flower and check pattern.


Object details

Categories
Dolls & Toys
Children & Childhood
Object type
Rag doll
TitleDora (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Printed cotton
Cotton (Textile)
Printing
Stitching
Brief description
Rag doll known as 'Dora', a blonde blue-eyed girl with a blue dress; issued by 'Woman' magazine; England, 1951
Physical description
Printed cloth doll, representing a blue-eyed girl with blonde curly hair, known as 'Dora'. She was printed wearing a short blue dress, a hair ribbon, socks, strap shoes and a bracelet and was made from a kit issued by 'Woman' magazine. The doll was later clothed in a long dress of blue and white printed cotton with a flower and check pattern.
Production typeMass produced
Object history
Stitched from a kit by Nora Eileen Oldman (née Ayers) and placed by her in the cot of her recently born daughter Noreen (b 04/10/1951).
Production
Bought as kit from 'Woman' magazine, which was founded in 1934
Subject depicted
Girl
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
MISC.102-1987

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1120401/dora-rag-doll-ipc/
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