Recreating Jumeau Dolls

Finally! All the beautiful Jumeau projects together in one book! E.J. Camille, Jumeau Lyric, Arielle, Stob, Mlle. Lilianne, Pauline, E.J. Fashion, Bbs Louvre and Franais, E.J. Dolin Milette, Long Face Jumeau Brigitte and a rare Jumeau mechanical doll all appear in this collection of projects by some of the world's top doll artists. Compiled from the pages of Doll Artisan magazine, this book leads the doll maker through step-by-step processes to recreate some of the rarest and most beautiful dolls of the Golden Age of porcelain dolls - the Jumeau.Rich and detailed photographs of original antiques complement the individualized, and sometimes innovative, techniques for recreating these exceptional beauties. Editor and noted antique doll authority, Eva Oscarsson has compiled fourteen projects in this special book that include in-depth lessons for painting the characteristic Jumeau eyebrows, making shoes and socks for a French mechanical body, creating a wig for Mlle. Lilianne, and a pattern for a complete outfit for the E.J. Dollin Milette. With an introduction by Florence Theriault, one of the world's leading authorities on antique dolls, Recreating Jumeau Dolls is a bonus to anyone who recreates, collects or simply loves the tranquil beauty of the famous Jumeau doll.