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Room 3 : from the Second World War until today

The golden age of plastic materials and the development of plastic fashion dolls.


A showcase of room 3. Click on the dolls to enlarge them.


A few words of history...

During the second part of the XXth century, new plastic materials appeared in the doll industry and all the other ones were abandoned.

On the other hand, the variety of the dolls of that era is amazing : classic dolls, baby dolls, brand new fashion dolls, soft body babies, caricature or funny dolls. The main firms still using celluloïd or rhodoïd at that time are Raynal, Petitcollin, Nobel, Convert, Urika, Marechal... The ones imposing with new plastic materials are Bella, Gégé, Clodrey and later Corolle...

rhodoid doll by Raynal

plastic doll by Bella

Corinne plastic fashion doll by Italo Cremona

plastic doll by Corolle

In 1951 le l
ady magazine « Modes & Travaux » sold its own dolls for which patterns were published monthly in order to dress them. Collectors are still very fond of Françoise, Michel and the others.

Jean-Michel from "Modes & Travaux" by Petitcollin


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