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| Featuring the Art of Fine Dollmaking |
| Where Custom Porcelain Dolls are My Specialty |
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A
few years ago a woman from Texas approached
me about making her a custom doll to look
like her daughter and to wear a very special
gown that her daughter would be wearing.
Her daughter had been chosen the Queen of
a state wide pageant -like a debutante ball.
Her daughter knew she was in the running
but she didn't know that she was the Pageant
Queen. Her mother wanted this doll as a Christmas
gift for her and to let her daughter know
"the news". She received the doll
Christmas Eve.
These photos are of the finished doll in her Pageant Queen gown and robe. |
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My client's daughter was Queen of the Cotton Palace Pageant in Waco Texas. Historically the Cotton Palace was the place that the year's crops were brought to be sold and as such played a very important part in the development of this part of the state. This Pageant is a celebration of the importance of cotton to the area's history. This Queen's robe is worn by every Cotton Palace Pageant Queen during the ball and then stored in a vault until the next season and the next Queen - only the gowns change. |
| This photo shows the Queen's gown without the robe. The fabric is a heavily beaded gold silk with rows of rhinestones sewn around the bodice bottom and collar. This wonderful doll stands 29" tall. |  |
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Another close-up photo of the doll's face showing part of the heavy rhinestone trim on the robe. My client told me that the real Queen's robe is so heavy that the she has several children attendants that help her carry the robe. I must say that this doll has been one of my most spectacular achievements. |
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