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History of Paper Dolls – part two

By On 2 December 2004 · Leave a Comment

Note: This is the second part of a two-part article tracing the history of paper dolls.  Click here to read the first part.

20th century paper dolls

In the 20th century, other magazines followed this trend, including Ladies’ Home Journal  (Sheila Young’s “Lettie Lane”), Pictorial [...]

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History of Paper Dolls – part one

By On 2 December 2004 · Leave a Comment

Today’s paper dolls evolved from the development of paper, ceremonial and performance figures, and dressmakers’ fashion dolls.

General history

Paper was invented in China around 105 C.E. by Ts’ai-Lin, a courtier from Lei-yang. Although the word ‘paper’ is derived from ‘papyrus’, this early paper was not a papyrus product.

With paper’s development in nearby China, [...]

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