A new and huge Old Pretender

Hello everyone.......We wanted to show off our latest and was she ever labour intensive! She is huge, at 22 inches (24 with hair and bonnet) which made her quite a handful to handle and dress, plus she is SO heavy, just like her antique counterpart......She is an exact copy in every way including her size to one of the antiques we owned.

There is a photo included of me holding her so you can see just how big she really is.
Hope everyone enjoys the photos....
David & Paul

A very special new Old Pretender named Eve

We have a very special and exceptional new Old Pretender up for sale and she is one of our finest for sure. She looks so much like a early antique in every way including her amazing finish and patina which I am so pleased with this time.
She is quite a special doll for me as well as I actually finished her head and torso in Christmas Eve and Christmas day, so since she "came to life" as I call it on Christmas Eve, I have named her Eve.
Her dress fabric is the rarest of the rare and so amazing in person. The photos just do not do it justice. It is a ultra rare ruby red and silver metal thread court dress silk from around 1740. Its in amazing condition and needs to be seen in person for full impact.
She is 15 inches tall and most definitely a masterpiece if I may say so myself. They just don't get better than this one or more "antique" looking.
She is as of yet, not spoken for. Please e-mail us at   secretgarden@shaw.ca   if interested.

Best Wishes: David & Paul

A wonderful early Lady

Dressed in an amazing rare piece of early linen with hand done wool work.

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New, Old Pretender

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Daisy

What can I say about this adorable little lady? That face makes me SO happy! The moment I completed her, I was smiling the entire day at that little face! I just love everything about her.....and what a profile!
Paul said, she looks like a Daisy.......so that's her name. We rarely name our dolls so she is obviously one of my all time favourites. I made her dress from a very rare piece of 18th century painted cotton. She photographs so well I could not decide which photos to publish so I published them all!

Blogger has evidentially changed to a slide show (which I do not like) when you left click on any of our images to try to enlarge them. Now they do not enlarge to full size.

To see any image full size, right click on the image, then click on "open link in a new tab" for a full sized image.
David