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| Doll and hat forms, Arezzo, Tuscany 2007 |
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| Dolls and antiquities, Arezzo 2007 |
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| On the shelf, Snohomish WA, 2011 |
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| Dolls and memorabilia, Snohomish 2011 |
20.1.12
Sepia Dolls
Having temporarily run out of personal subject matter for Sepia Saturday, I offer (for once!) a theme-related post. Here are a few gatherings of old dolls, which I always find, in their homunculaity (to coin a term), can't help but bring to mind one's own mortality.
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Labels:
antiques,
italy,
sepia saturday,
snohomish
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Hey, there's some good stuff in Snohomish. maybe I should head over there...when it gets a little drier.
ReplyDeleteP.S. I really like the forms - and having the doll next to them makes it all even more interesting.
You're right -- clicking is a good idea. What interesting collections of dolls, doll parts, and well, just stuff.
ReplyDeleteLove "On the Shelf". would like to browse there.
ReplyDeleteColleen
http://leavesnbranches.blogspot.com/
Interesting detailed shots...but I feel a bit sad now.
ReplyDeleteSeeing the undressed dolls lying on the shelf reminded me of some postcards I have of skeletons in old American Indian burial grounds. The dolls seem so dead just lying there without clothes.
ReplyDeleteVery creative post since you had no personal photos to share. I found this very interesting also. I remember sewing clothes for my grands American Dolls collection. They preferred just wrapping material around and sticking a pin in it. Doll work is very fascinating.
ReplyDeleteQMM
@Christine: Yes, Snohomish is stuffed with antique stores, as is downtown Renton. Arezzo has an enormous weekly outdoors antique market but it's a bit of a ways to go. :-)
ReplyDelete@Colleen: Hey, nice genealogy blog...I'm going to peruse it, I like the Resolutions!
@Postcardy: wow, that's an amazing association!
The yellow pigtails at the last make your post for me.
ReplyDeleteThese are wonderful. You have reminded me of some doll photos that I took at an antique store in downtown Bend. Centralia has a lot of really neat antique stores too.
ReplyDeleteTake care,
Kathy M.
There is a universality of such images - they could have been taken in my local antiques centre. All over the world dolls wait for new owners. Perhaps it is sad - but it certainly makes for interesting photographs.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed having a good rummage around in your photos, but I've decided that I find dolls slightly disturbing! :-) Jo
ReplyDeleteThese are wonderful pictures, reminds me of so many antique and rummage stores I have been in over the years. Dolls just waiting to be taken home.......
ReplyDeleteThe way some of the bodies are placed it almost looks like a crime scene. Old dolls are so fascinating because their wear shows something about the "lives" they've had. You hope at some point they brought joy to a child, unlike a telephone or a knick knack.
ReplyDeleteIt sure makes me wonder about their owners. What stories these dolls could tell! Great photos.
ReplyDeleteBarbara