Kestner: King of Dollmakers (Kestner King of Dollmakers)
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Book Description
A newly revised and new printing of this best selling antique German doll book! Author Jan Foulke's fascinating portrayal of the man proclaimed to be "the king of dollmakers"-Kestner. This comprehensive book contains 42 color and 533 b/w photographs of Kestner's bisque beauties. Well-researched text allows collectors to identify their dolls as well as providing an extensive listing of 100 and 200 series Kestner dolls and a mold number index. 260 pages.
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From the Back Cover
The focus of this reference textbook is the German bisque dolls produced from the early 1880s until the merging of the Kestner factory with Kammer & Reinhardt in the 1930s. Featured in this comprehensive story of Kestner are 530 very detailed black/white plus 77 full color photographs. For the first time the Kestner Character Children have been gathered together and shown in one place as a series. Also covered are the desirable Hilda dolls (many variations, Bye-Lo babies, the Century dolls, Kewpies, googly-eyes dolls, lady dolls, not to mention the chapters on the closed-mouth, open-mouth, character babies and all bisque dolls. Extensive research work has been compiled with the mold numbers to further aid identification. The beautiful pictures by Howard Foulke plus the keen research information can be considered a collection to itself.
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Kestner: King of Dollmakers (Kestner King of Dollmakers)
Kestner: King of Dollmakers (Kestner King of Dollmakers),Jan Foulke,Hobby House Press,0875881858,Antiques / Collectibles,Bisque dolls,General,Germany,Kestner, Johannes Daniel,,Technical & Manufacturing Trades,d. 1859,Kestner, Johannes Daniel
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