Dean’s Rag Book Dolls 1903+ English

1920s deans-rag-book-cloth-girl-doll-face — 1920s Dean’s Rag Book cloth girl doll painted face

Dean’s Rag Book Company Ltd. was founded in 1903 in London, England, are best known for making lots of cloth dolls, however they also made composition dolls, mask face dolls, lithographed cloth books and toys.

Dean’s Rag Book cloth dolls came with a hang tag that read; A1 Toys, symbol of two dogs with a book, Dean’s Rag Book Co. United Elephant and Castle S.E.1, London, England or a metal tag: Hygienic A1 Toys, Made in England, Dean’s Rag Book Co. Ltd.

Dean Rag Book Dolls Identified

1910-1911 Dean’s Rag Book Le Petit Sambo, Mademoiselle Nini fabric panel cutout cloth dolls.

1912 Dean’s Rag Book Peggie and Teddie cloth panel cutout dolls – reprinted in 1980.

1914 Dean’s Rag Book Miss Moppie Topp, Moppietopp, jointed cloth dolls, each with a woolly mop of curly hair and removable clothing.

1925-1929 Dean’s Rag Book Frilly series cloth dolls with painted faces, velvet unjointed limbs and body dressed with frilly ruffled trim, tagged.

1929 Dean’s Rag Book doll with a composition head, molded hair or wigged, sleep eyes, open mouth, five piece jointed composition bent limb baby body.

1903 Dean’s Rag Book Knockabout cutout cloth dolls; life size baby doll, the Pearly doll has pearl buttons on clothes.

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Dean’s Rag Book Doll Marks Identified

Dean’s Rag Book doll label Made in England by Dean’s Rag Book Co. LTD London

Dean’s Rag Book doll mark DRBD

Dean’s Rag Book doll mark DRB Co Lo

Cloth Dolls From Ancient to Modern a Collector’s Guide with values book in 1997 by Linda Edward, Pollock’s History of English Dolls and Toys book in 1993 by Kenneth and Marguerite Fawdry, Cloth Dolls 1920s and 1930s Identification and price guide book in 1990 by Polly Judd and continued research across the Internet since 1999 which we share with you.