Antique French Dolls: Look But Don’t Touch

The doll industry was never as large in France as it was in Germany, but French dollmakers triumphed in the 1870s and ’80s with top-quality bisque heads for fashion and child dolls. Several 19th-century French bisque-head dolls, both poupées (fashion dolls) and bébés (child dolls), were auctioned by Theriault’s in Newport Beach, California. The dolls […]