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Boudoir dolls are also called Bed Dolls or Sofa Dolls,
Flapper Dolls or French Dolls, as they were used to
decorate beds or sofas, which is where they got their
name. Boudoir dolls were not meant to be played with, but to be
displayed or as decorations.

Boudoir dolls were made
from about 1915 to the 1930s, they usually have cloth bodies
with elongated legs, heads can be of various materials; all cloth, cloth with a
mask face covering usually of composition or all composition heads, often with
painted facial features, some have partial composition limbs, some have celluloid
arms, which
may help with dating.
Boudoir doll heads were also sold separately to
which a seamstress could add their own homemade cloth body.
Clothing can be very elaborate,
high quality material, (it's the clothing that matters the most
on these dolls - if the clothing is missing they lose about half of
their value) and many have high heel feet.
There is of course,
much variety among boudoir dolls, as they were produced in several
countries over quite a number of years, notably; America, England, France, Germany
and
Italy.
Boudoir dolls are usually unmarked - so finding its origins
can be a "mission impossible" except by an expert, thus dolls
are usually just identified by type, as a Boudoir Doll. We particularly get a kick out of the
politically incorrect (today) Cubeb
cigarette smoking dolls,
shown above right, made by the Mutual Novelty Corp.
See below, for a list of the many doll makers of antique Boudoir dolls.
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Some Boudoir Doll makers;
Stella Adler, Aladin-Lam, Ernst Alart, Alma,
B. Altman department store, American Stuffed Novelty, American Wholesale Corp, Anita, Arrow Doll Wig
Company, Au Bon Marche department store, Austin
Gray, Baltimore Bargain House, Beaux Art Shade Company, William P. Beers &
Company, Charles Bloom, Blossom Doll Company, Blum-Lustig Toy Company.
Butler Brothers, Chad Valley, Hilda Cowham, Louis Eisen, W. R. Ekart, England Art Toy, Etta
Inc., European Novelty, Fairfame, Flapper Novelty, Fleishman, Jane Gray, Gerbs Poupée, Arthur Gerling Toy
Company, Gerzon Company, Charles F. Gibson, Goldberger (Eegee),
Jane Gray (Stokes) Company; 1917 Kuddles boudoir doll, Heho Art Dolls, Hollywood Imps,
J and B, Kat-a-Korner Kompany, Victor Keney (Keeneye patent 1763930, 1796997),
Konroe Merchants.
Lady Godwyn, Lenci, Levallois, Mizpah
Toy & Novelty, Claire Morris of LA, Munich Art Dolls, Mutual Novelty,
Munzerlite chalk ware heads (art deco half dolls & lamp shades), Paramount Doll
Company, Erma Petzgold, Pierrot and Pierette,
Erma Pinner, Paul Poiret, Pollyanna Doll Company, Pompeian Art Works, Rosalinde dolls, Sanlys,
Sayco, Sterling Doll Company,
T. A. F., Unique Novelty Doll Company, Victoria Doll Company, Nora Wellings, Ethel Westwood and
probably others.
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