Marvelous Victorian Paper Doll with Equally Wonderful Back rorschach tests as detailed

as detailed

Long Measure

I found this standing magnifying glass buried deep in the basement at the estate sale of an avid collector (approaching hoarder) especially of Victoriana

(The threaded silver ring holding the photo looks to me as it was made to flip up

Arthur Tilo Alt (1931-2019)--a scholar and professor of German in Yiddish language and literature in the Judaic studies program at Duke University--which came from his estate in Younsgsville

Marvelous Victorian Paper Doll with Equally Wonderful Back rorschach tests as detailedMy favorite paper doll I've found I do believe, the backside of which I love as much as for the front, especially for what it reveals about the construction of this dress made with near as much care as if constructing an actual one! The face of it is a sort of natural colored crepe paper, carefully folded to make the pleats of the skirt, and with this wonderful very thin strip of what I believe is cut paper snaking down the front of the bodice, with