Download or read book 500 Years of German Dollmaking written by Mary Gorham Krombholz and published by Reverie Publishing. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This definitive book on five centuries of doll making in Germany includes almost 2,000 photographs of antique German dolls made of wood, papier-mâché, wax-over-papier-mâché, wax, composition, celluloid, glazed porcelain, parian and bisque. Well-known antique German doll researcher Mary Krombholz, author of numerous earlier books on the subject, presents a comprehensive study of the dolls, the workers who made them and the factories and towns in Thuringia where they were produced.