#bebe dolls

[gildedagesuggestions]

after the lady dolls have gone out of fashion, be equally suspicious of the French child dolls that take their place. they might teach children that some people have more than two dresses, and then the sweet angels will surely begin to Covet Worldly Goods

[roughdiamonddolls]

famous dollmaker Leon Casimir Bru’s daughter, Lucie Bru Cousturier, was a champion of racial equality in turn-of-the-century France

I just learned that and it’s

the most amazing thing?

on par with learning that her mother, Apolline-Marinette Comyn Bru (b. 1837 in Tours; married 1866), actually invented some of the mechanisms used in Bru dolls

and I feel like no devotees of Lucie Cousturier’s art and writing would ever think to link her to Bru dolls, nor any doll collectors think to look into the work of Bru’s daughter

this is so interesting