2010 Summer - Rosalie Whyel Museum of Doll Art

OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER
OF THE
ROSALIE
W HY E L
MUSEUM
OF
Vol XIX, No 3
ART
Summer 2010
Rosalie Whyel Museum of Doll Art
1116 - 108th Avenue NE ❖Phone: (425) 455-1116 ❖Fax: (425) 455-4793
Bellevue WA 98004 USA
www.dollart.com ❖[email protected]
Summer Happenings
Here at the Museum
After a par ticularly rainy modern dolls dressed in lace
spring and early summer, the costuming, adult and child-size
sunshine has at long last arrived vintage
clothing
and
in the Pacific Northwest! If you accessories, and so much
are a local or if
more. And several
you’ve had the
special
new
opportunity to visit,
additions have
you know it is
joined
those
difficult to match
familiar favorite
the beauty of the
treasures in the
Pacific Northwest
Pe r manent
on a summer day.
Exhibits as well.
We are especially
If it has been
fortunate here at
more than a
the Museum to be
couple of years
surrounded by
since you visited
beautiful parks,
us, you may not
many
great
recognize our little
outdoor and indoor
corner of Bellevue.
dining options and A glimpse of our current Changing The Museum is
Gallery all about lace.
exceptional
located in what
shopping, (starting with the was once a quiet residential
Museum Store and Rosie’s Too, neighborhood, which is now
of course). Oh, and a leap into evolving into the “cultural
Lake Washington just minutes corridor” of Bellevue. The
away!
Bellevue Regional Library is
The Museum’s summer located directly next door, the
visitors are in for a rare treat, as Meydenbauer Center just a few
our Changing Gallery is blocks away, and opening in
currently lavished with the most 2013, just a couple of blocks
gorgeous presentation of from the Museum, will be the
lacework, including antique and
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SMALL WONDERS
DOLL
from
from the
the director
director
We LOVE the summer here at the
Doll Museum - so much is
happening- the kids are out of school,
people travel here on vacation from
far and wide and include the Museum
in their itinerary, our Lace Exhibit
has become very popular with doll
people and the general public (who
doesn’t love lace?), we have finally
started our Summer Story Time
(more on this on page five), summer
camp kids are visiting as well as senior
groups out for a day of fun, the Rose
Room is bustling with birthday
celebrants, and, oh, the roses in the
rose garden!
If you can tear yourself away from
YOUR garden or your job or
whatever, we would love to welcome
you and yours to the Museum to join
in on the activities or for a quiet tour
of the exhibits.
We believe “The World
Embellished-Lace!” has something
for everyone. If you love dolls, you’ll
find them from many time periods
lavish in their lace finery. If costume
is what you’re all about, lace is
represented from several centuries,
most of which is handmade. Do you
sew? This exhibit couldn’t be more
compelling and inspiring. From bolts
of lace with special provenance to a
tiny wisp of a particularly special
piece, you will see how other sewers
have chosen to incorporate this
remarkable handwork into costuming
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from the director
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of old.
Dolls, paintings on ivory, baby
dresses and gowns, gloves, and
shoes- all on exhibit now.
If research is your thing, there will
be much to entice and intrigue you
and perhaps compel you to “look
further”.
Though I cannot even bring
myself to think of this exhibit
disappearing into the storage cabinets,
I must admit Jules Steiner is calling
me. Look for his matchless beauties
coming in October to the Changing
Gallery- “Jules Steiner: The Great
Innovator”, October 23, 2010 thru
May 15, 2011. (See a little preview
from our Permanent Gallery in
Spotlight In the Gallery on page
four.) This wonderful exhibit will be
on exhibit through the holidays to
share with your family and on in to
Spring as we are sure one viewing
will not be enough!
Rosalie Whyel, Director
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Ta t e u c h i
C e n t e r ,
(formerly
PACE),
a
2,000 seat concert hall, and
250-seat Cabaret.
Our current exhibit, “The
World Embellished – Lace!” will
remain open through October
17th. We hope you will pay it and
us a visit very soon! Have a
wonderful summer.
Jill Gorman
Curator
Museum Featured In Doll News
We deeply thank our dear friend Dorothy McGonagle and DOLL NEWS MAGAZINE for the charming article
they did on the Museum in the summer issue. Members of United Federation of Doll Clubs should have received
their issue by now.
It is the obvious tale told by a true friend who sees through a veil of memories as well as by a true doll lover and
expert. We are humbled by her words and thrilled for the obvious adventure she experienced with her two
grandchildren, Hope and River, as they toured the Museum together. Seeing the dolls through the eyes and hearts
of children is, indeed, revealing and touching. Their openness, tenderness, and inquisitiveness allow us to share and
experience at a different and often deeper level than we would ever anticipate.
Over the many years of our friendship Dorothy and her late husband Jerome have been instrumental in our
acquiring many important and wonderful dolls along with some priceless provenance. Thanks go also to Doll News
Editors Michael Canadas and David Robinson for handing this assignment to Dorothy as well as the amazing job
they are doing. Our magazine is in good hands!
A dared
Life
Well-LivedOur French Fashion Exhibit and
all in the name of dolls.
Our dear friend and Museum
Docent, ATHA KAHLER, passed
away on May 12 after a heroic battle
with pancreatic cancer. To say she
will be sorely missed in the doll world
is just a glimpse into the impact Atha
had in so many areas of which she
had interest. She was also an avid
sewer, a devout Christian, a doting
mother and grandmother, and a true
leader.
As a member of the Seattle Doll
and Toy Collectors Club she served
as its president seven times
beginning in 1967! In 1968, she
chaired the first and only UFDC Nat’l
Convention in Seattle, Washington.
Between then and right up until she
left this earth, Atha has shared,
chaired, snared, prepared, and, yes,
SMALL WONDERS
Fellow club members delight in
telling tales of Atha and how involved
she always kept us with Regional
and National Conferences, as well
as local events involving our mutual
hobby of doll collecting.
She volunteered to be a docent
at the Museum as soon as she
heard about its construction. Atha
ran our sewing group, encouraged
clubs and individuals to visit and
support the Museum, and helped at
many jobs here and our Rosie’s Too
store.
After her retirement she was free
to spend a week or more at UFDC
headquar ters
in
Kansas
volunteering her knowledge, time,
and energy to the organization.
the UFDC Librar y have been
dedicated to her for the services she
provided both institutions through
the years.
Farewell, Atha, you showed us
how, but we will miss you and the
doll world will never be the same
without you. Donations in her
memory can be made to the Virginia
Gordon and Atha Kahler
Scholarship Fund at UFDC.
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From the Museum Store...
Kestner Through and
Through
19” Kestner 129 blue sleep
eyes & beautiful, original
mohair wig & plaster pate.
Open mouth with 4 upper
teeth, sweetly painted
facial expression. Original
finish, fully jointed compo
body. Wearing antique
dotted swiss dress &
undies. Older shoes. Wear
to dress under arms &
small factory paint miss on
right hand. $895
Museum Exclusive
14” “Rose Jane” by Kathe
Kruse, limited edition of
100. Wearing a smocked
pinafore over a rose print
dress. Carries her own
dolly & handkerchief in
the front pocket. Braided
blonde mohair & wire
armature body. $395
Simon & Halbig Beauty
19” Untinted bisque
shoulderhead with deeply
molded blonde curls &
delicately
painted
features. Fully outlined
deep blue irises & great
shoulder molding with
“V” indentation typical of
S&H. Original cloth body
with replaced leather
arms. Antique dress & red
leather boots. c1870
$585
He’ll Make Your Day,
Every Day!
26” Smiling papier mache
boy. French, maker
unknown,
likely
a
mannequin from the 1920s.
Jointed arms & head on
original papier mache
cone-type body that stands
on it’s own. Wonderful
early gown with some
melting & great bib. $1195
Heavenly Large Creche Figures
36” Christ as a youth in likely original costuming with metallic
trimming. Beautifully carved face, hands & sandaled feet. Blue
painted body, typical of a Christ figure. Inset glass brown eyes.
Holding cross of inlaid wood & mother of pearl. Left hand has
damage & some touch up paint to typical wear areas on face. $2250
(38” with base)
44” Mary, mother of Christ, figure. Fabulous all wood carving,
including Snake from the Garden of Eden wrapped around base.
Original metallic trimmed cape, metal halo adorning entire head
& ivory rosary. Nicely redressed & face has professional repaint.
Also, includes additional antique base/shelf. $2900
The Museum’s 18th Birthday!
Yay! We’re finally adults! Well not really, we still play with dolls all day long!
Since we are turning 18 this year, we thought we should get you voting! Voting
for your favorite doll at the Museum- call, write, email, visit us and tell us what
makes your heart leap with joy, reminds you of your youth, or just plain love.
Come celebrate with us and enjoy the joys of childhood!
Special activities on Saturday and sales throughout the week!
Saturday September 18th
Birthday Cake
Party Room Fun
Door Prizes
Surprises All Day Long!
Saturday September 18th thru
Friday September 24th
Museum Store Sale
Rosie’s Too Sale
Both our stores will be selling at huge savings from 10% to 70% off all week long!
Free Doll $Money$!!!
We’ll be again giving out $2 to $100 “Museum Money” to be spent anytime during
our Birthday month. Good towards the purchase of anything, in either Store!
SMALL WONDERS
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Spotlight in the Gallery
Many of our visitors are surprised
and delighted by the amazing dolls they
“find” in the Museum drawers. It is
our way of providing more for you
without overwhelming.
Today we want to talk about a
particularly wonderful A Figure
Steiner with a charming provenance
that will remain in her special drawer Our all original Steiner, c1895, in her
drawer filled with other goodies.
throughout the upcoming Steiner
exhibit- “Jules Steiner: The Great Innovator” October 23, 2010 to May 15,
2011.. We thought she should be brought to everyone’s attention as a lovely
example of that maker’s work as well as a well-preserved doll whose owner
was responsible enough to keep her family photo with her.
She is resplendent in a pink silk outfit including umbrella and a copy of
her photograph with her “little girl” which is also enlarged on the wall
beside her.
The Figure A Steiner bebes were some of
the most popular of his dolls, with beautiful
creamy bisque, deep paperweight eyes, and
wonderful jointed bodies. The clothes were
usually lavish French frocks appropriate for
the well-off child of the late 1800s.
This little lady rests securely and demurely
in a drawer beneath the “Dolls With Stories”
exhibit in our upstairs gallery. She would
enjoy your visit.
N
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W
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Here she sits with her ownerspecial enough to keep pristine
and photograph together.
Area Doll Show Dates
Hyatt Hotel
Chicago IL
Mon July 19 - Fri July 23, 2010
Public Day Thursday July 22
CROSSROADS DOLL, TEDDY BEAR
& ANTIQUE SHOW & SALE
Nat’l Guard Armory
Portland OR
Saturday September 4, 2010
10am - 4pm
ROSIE’S TOO SALE*
MUSEUM ANNIVERSARY SALE*
UFDC NAT’L CONVENTION*
Rosie’s Too
Bellevue WA
Saturday August 14, 2010
11am - 4pm
ANTIQUE DOLL & TOY MARKET*
Red Lion
Bellevue WA
Sunday August 29, 2010
11am - 4pm
SMALL WONDERS
Museum Store
Bellevue WA
Saturday September 18 - Friday
September 24, 2010
10am to 5pm
Rosie’s Too
Bellevue WA
Saturday September 18, 2010
11am - 4pm
Thursday September 23, 2010
11am - 8pm
Rosie’s Too Sale
Saturday 11 to 4
August 14th, 2010
ROSIE’S TOO APPRAISAL CLINIC!
Saturday August 28th
During our open hours. These
are complimentary, verbal
appraisals, limit three dolls per
person please.
This year at the UFDC Salesroom
you will find a familiar, yet
different face- our own Eleonora
Miller. She is our constant at
Rosie’s Too, has done many shows
for herself and us for years, and
does our purchasing and Appraisal
Clinics. So, for many of you a
familiar face. And though Rosalie
and Shelley will miss our national
convention and customers greatly,
we are sure you will appreciate
her vast knowledge and friendly
demeanor. Stop by our booth and
see the wonderful array of items
Eleonora has brought just for you!
CROSSROADS DOLL, TEDDY
BEAR & MORE*
Puyallup Fairgrounds
Puyallup WA
Saturday October 16, 2010
10am - 4:30pm
Sunday October 17, 2010
10am - 4pm
ANTIQUE & COLLECTIBLE
DOLL MARKET
Lake City Community Center
Seattle WA
Saturday October 30, 2010
10am - 3pm
*Look for the Museum Sales Table
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We would like to thank the following
people for their generous
donations during the last quarter:
Thomasina Clarke
Doll clothing and bedding
Suzanne Dodd
Bed dolls, bride doll, Deanna Durbin composition doll,
A.M. #570 doll
Dorothy Fluke
Lenci dolls reference book
Marcia French
Cloth doll
Michelle Goans
China head doll
Margy Hesse
Armand Marseille Toodles doll, vinyl baby doll, vinyl
girl dolls (Kellogs Corn Flakes premium dolls)
Welcome To Our New
& Returning Members:
Sandra Barker
Joan Bergstrom
Lleana Davison
Renee Donner
Elaine Garland
Valerie Ann Hudson
Estelle Johnston
JoDee Kane
Lenore Kobayashi
Ellie Kringer
Karen Larson
Sharon Lee
Tracy Mullen
Jan Rohrmann
Marilyn Rose Smiley
Kamil Turkarslan
Sharon Westlund
Norma Wetzel
Story Time at the
Doll Museum!
Barbara Johnson
18 ethnic dolls, Tiny Tears, Ginny & Patsy dolls and
clothing
Mary H. Johnson
“Mrs. Mouse” dolls in basket, c1923 French metal
bassinet
Sue Johnson
4 ethnic dolls
Tonya King
Peggy Nisbet Scottish piper in box, hard plastic dolls
Mary McWhirter
$50 donation
Candis Miles
Brass doll bed in box
Jim Seeks
Charlie McCarthy ventriloquist doll
Margaret H. Waterfall
Collection of Nancy Ann Storybook dolls
Victoria Wiswell
Baby dolls & handmade clothing, ethnic doll collection
SMALL WONDERS
Join us for our final books of the summer
with mysteries and adventure for boys
and girls with an activity to follow!
Saturday, August 21st
10- 11:30am
Mysteries
Designed for ages 3-12. Allow additional time
for a visit to the Museum or Museum Store.
Story Time is Free. All children must be
accompanied by a responsible adult.
Sponsored by ParentMap Magazine
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1116 - 108th Avenue NE
Bellevue WA 98004 USA
www.dollart.com
[email protected]
425.455.1116
fax 425.455.4793
MUSEUM HOURS:
Mon-Sat
10 to 5
Sun
1 to 5
ROSIE’S TOO HOURS:
221 106th Ave. NE Bellevue
(425) 455-0363
Thurs
11 to 8
Sat
11 to 4
Or by Appointment
It is evident that many of our visitors and customers at the Museum
and some of our local doll shows are going to miss the smiling face
and delightful temperament of staff member Eric Espinosa. He has
moved back to his Los Angeles home to continue his education and
be closer to family.
Eric at his send-off party with
While we are happy for him and wish Eric all the very best in his
his two Store Buddies.
future endeavors, we are really missing him and all he brought to the
Museum in his 4 years here.
Of course, it will be hard to fill his shoes, but we have such a wonderful, capable staff both
Kate posing with some
here and at Rosie’s Too, that I am sure you will feel served and cared for.
Our own Kate Nelson will be stepping up to full time in the Museum Store and Rosie’s Too favorite characters.
after her recent certification in Museology at the University of Washington. Congratulations, Kate, we are so
proud of you!
Coming Events at the Museum
MAY 22 - OCTOBER 17 2010
“The World Embellished Lace!”
Changing Gallery Exhibit
AUGUST 14 2010
Rosie’s Too Sidewalk Sale
Saturday 11 to 4
AUGUST 21 2010
Museum Story Time
Museum Atrium, 10 to 11:30
For Ages 3-12
(see page 5)
SMALL WONDERS
AUGUST 28 2010
Doll Appraisal Clinic
at Rosie’s Too
During Regular Hours, 11 to 4
SEPTEMBER 18 - 24 2010
Museum Anniversary Sale
Museum Store
Rosie’s Too
(see page 3)
SEPTEMBER 6 2010
Labor Day
Museum OPEN
Spend the day together
OCTOBER 23 2010 - MAY 15,
2011
“Jules Steiner: The Great
Innovator”
Changing Gallery Exhibit
SEPTEMBER 18 2010
Museum Birthday Celebration
Museum Atrium
(see page 3)
OCTOBER 31 2010
Halloween Day
Museum OPEN
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