David's New Early 18th Century English Wooden

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The restoration and dressing of one of our favourite early English woodens

A very important, extremely rare and remarkable early English wooden Lady (Circa 1735) now owned and cherished by a dear and very deserving friend of ours.

 

The Newest Old Pretender

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Portrait of the Finest 17th Century Gentleman

Introducing our latest and most elegant William and Mary period English wooden gentleman.

Standing 16 inches tall, he is a portrait of, and the most historically correct representation of the finest 17th century English wooden male.

We hope everyone enjoys the photos.

 

 

 

 

 

Here are the portraits of the Male and female William and Mary Pair together and their Swaddling Baby below them.

 

 

 

 

A Beautiful and Elegant new Old Pretender

Esthetically, the 18th century English wooden doll is many things. They can be quite naïve or charming in their simplicity, haughty, sophisticated, sometimes even graceful or even soulful in their countenance, but its rare when they can be referred to as “Pretty”. We are very mindful of when fashioning a reproduction to maintain authenticity and always historically correctness, which can result in the dolls being simple, elaborate, elegant, haughty, graceful or soulful, so it’s always a pleasant surprise when a special doll comes together to embody all of these qualities and turns out exquisitely pretty as well. Such is the case with this newest little gem. Standing at about 30 cm. / 12” tall she has the presence of a much larger rare and early example.

It was immediate for us to see that the rare fabric we chose for her dress was such a perfect choice for her. Her dress fabric dates from the first third of the 18th century and is a very rare piece of court dress silk. We used some of our very rare 18th century fly braid for trim as it was the perfect match to the amazing colour of the flowers in the court dress silk.

Her painting, patina and finish are amazing in person and impossible to tell the patina did not take almost 300 years to develop.
We hope everyone enjoys her photos.
David & Paul