La maison Huret - The Huret dolls French book by Theimer

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La maison Huret - The Huret dolls French book by Theimer
La maison Huret - The Huret dolls French book by Theimer
This hardcover book with 270 full color pages magnificently illustrated presents the famous French dolls manufacturer The Maison Huret.
This is a woman who was at the origin of the aesthetic evolution of dolls in 1850 transforming them into luxury items, known as "Poupees Parisiennes".
Huret: a magical name, a name which gets doll lovers dreaming, a synonym - both in the past and nowadays - of refinement and elegance worldwide.
You will discover the complete family history from 1786 to 1931, the successors and their contributions, the historical context and the slow transformation of society, but also how to recognize the "Huret style" and differentiate it from other Parisiennes dolls discover the authentic home accessories for Huret, miniature furniture...
Contents:
Foreword
1. Leopold Calixte Huret
The founding father
Louis François BEFFARA
Beginnings, The Crown's Garde Meuble
The Paris Exposition of 1819
The tragic family drama
Imitation wood iron furniture and twisted iron furniture
The "Hammoch-cradle"
New family drama, new era
The "HURET-FICHET" war, the press and the novel...
The first patent
The new generation
2. Calixte Huret and her doll
Adélaïde Aimée Caixte HURET
The genesis of the HURET doll
The presentation of the HURET doll
The radle of the HURET doll's doll
Artistic recognition of the HURET doll
The first couturiere of the HURET doll
Hats
Shoes
Tights and handkerchiefs
Undergarments and nightgowns
Boxes
The Exposition Universele of 1855 in Paris
The "HURET style" furniture made by Leopold Senior and Junior
The HURET Sisters company
Mademoiselle Jeannie Louise BEREUX
The forgery trial for an "industrial reference"
New improvements
Such lovely diminutives
Jean Pierre TAHAN and Leopold HURET Junior
Birth of children's magazines
3. The successors of the "Maison Huret"
The Société & LONCHAMBONE company
The Exposition Universelle of 1867
1870 and later...
Calixte and the Bebe HURET
Jeanne's doll, grand daughter of poet Victor HUGO
The Aimé François LEMOINE period
The CARETTE period and modernism
4. lisa Julie Prevost
Technical aspects of the HURET poupee and bebe
The French texts are written by Danielle and François Theimer with an English translation booklet.
Printed in 2008, this book is
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and is 8 inches x 12 inches ( 21 cm x 30 cm )
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