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Luigi Furga
Dolls 1950s-1970s Italy
The
Luigi Furga doll company began in 1872 to present, the first dolls from Italian Furga factory were
made of papier
mache and wax masks.
Then they imported bisque heads from Germany to be put on their dolls. About WW I
Furga built their own porcelain factory for bisque heads
and all bisque
dolls. By 1929 Furga bisque heads rivaled those of Germany. They also made some pressed felt, composition and hard
plastic and vinyl dolls. Furga dolls were always
of good quality.
Early Furga dolls did not make it to the American market, but were exported to some South
American countries and England. Furga dolls usually found in the USA, are generally from
the 1960s-1970s, which were sold through Montgomery Ward, JC Penney, Sears and
other catalogs
(offsite link).
See
the many Furga dolls identified below.
Vintage Furga Dolls - Bambola Identified
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Furga Child
Doll, 11" tall, composition head and body, very long eyelashes,
blue sleep eyes, painted closed mouth, dark brown long hair.
Wearing a beautiful gingham red and white check ruffled dress with
white ruffled petticoat and bloomers, with a matching parasol. Doll
is marked: Made in Italy O (O with a line under
it). Clothing is marked: L. Furga.
Photo courtesy Verona. |

Furga Child
Doll 11" |
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Furga Red
Riding hood doll or Cappuccetto Rosso doll, 17" tall, early Walker
doll with a most unusual walking mechanism that has four feet, that literally
walks when pushed, the mechanism is a separate cage that replaces the
dolls lower body with four feet that rotate and "walk". |

Red
Riding hood doll, 17" |
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1964
Furga Tonia, 15"
tall, vinyl head with rooted hair and
lashes, sleep eyes, open mouth with teeth, jointed hard plastic body.
Dressed in a beautiful velvet coat and skirt with marabou feather
trim, marabou purse, gold tone necklace. Tagged L Furga Made in
Italy. |

1964
Tonia doll, 15" |
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1965-1967
Furga Alta Moda Dolls, 17" tall, all vinyl doll, big large sleep eyes with feathery long
real eyelashes, long rooted hair, each dressed in a sleeveless shift with a
gold tone S pin on collar and white slip on sandal
shoes.
Dolls are marked on neck Furga 17and
just below the neck on dolls body: Alta Moda Furga.
Dolls are: Simona with blonde hair
and beauty mark below her left eye, orange dress, Susanna with
brunette hair, red dress, Sheila the redhead with blue dress and Sylvie
with platinum hair in a lavender dress (seated front).
Additional outfits were sold separately. |

1965
Simona,
Susanna,
Shelia &
Sylvie dolls, 17".
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1960s Furga Elisabetta doll, 15" tall, all vinyl, rooted hair open mouth, real
eyelashes, dressed in pale blue velvet coat over a ruffled white
petticoat, hat with fur trim, stockings, shoes, and a gold tone waist
chain. She has wide sleep eyes in blue, rooted hair & lashes,
and those cute two front teeth showing between her open mouth.
Marked Furga, Made in Italy.
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1960s
Elisabetta doll, 15" |
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1960-1970s
Furga Little Adrianna
or Adrianna doll, 13" tall, all vinyl, rooted hair, real eyelashes,
another beautifully dressed doll with great detail on the dress,
petticoat, has a hat, parasol, probably stockings & shoes. She
has wide sleep eyes in blue, rooted hair & lashes, and those cute
two front teeth showing between her open mouth. Marked FURGA
on neck, clothes Tagged L FURGA, Made in Italy.
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1960-1970s
Little Adrianna or Adrianna doll, 13" |
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1970s
Furga Fashion doll, 19"
tall, name unknown, this doll is a little more casually dressed, and
still incredible, with beautiful cupid bow lips, wide blue eyes and a
glorious mane of platinum long hair tied up in bows. Neck is Marked FURGA
ITALY.
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1970s
Fashion doll, 19" |
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