Annette Himstedt Dolls 1986-2009 German

1986 Annette Himstedt Barefoot Children series Ellen doll 26" tall

1986 Annette Himstedt Barefoot Children series Ellen doll 26″ tall

Brief history of German artist and sculptor Annette Himstedt who began making her dolls from 1986 until 2009. Early dolls were made of porcelain and then of a hard vinyl with a swivel head, a cloth lower torso, vinyl arms and legs, inset eyes, real eyelashes, feathered eyebrows, human hair wig, bare feet and are beautiful character representations of real children.

Himstedt dolls are marked with Annette Himstedt’s signature on back of the doll’s neck and on the lower back plate, each doll came with a wrist tag, clothing is labeled and a certificate of authenticity was included.

Annette Himstedt doll mark signature

Annette Himstedt doll mark signature

Himstedt Dolls Identified

1986 Barefoot Children doll series 26″ tall; Bastian, Ellen, Kathe, Paula, Fatou and Lisa dolls

1987 American Heartland doll series 19-20″ tall; Timi and Toni dolls

1988 The World Children doll collection 31″  tall; Frederike, Kasimir, Makimura, Malin, Michiko dolls

1989 Reflections of Youth doll series 26″ tall; Adrienne, Ayoka, Janka, Kai dolls

1990 Dolls;  Annchen  Babies; Fiene, Taki  dolls

1991 Dolls; Bibbi & Freeke, Lilliane, Neblina, Tinka  dolls

1993 Dolls; Kima, Lona, Tara, Jule dolls plus others

2009 Farewell Homstedt series dolls (5) collection; Antha, Kateri, Mei Mei, Ping Mei and Ole a boy doll

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Annette Himstedt Collector’s Handbook, Kinder aus Porzellan and Puppen Kinder of Vinyl from 1986 – 1996 book in 1996 by Elisabeth Schwatlo, Facebook group: Annette Himstedt’s dolls and continued research across the Internet since 1999 which we share with you.