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Doll

Martha Jenks Chase1922-1930

The Strong National Museum of Play

The Strong National Museum of Play
Rochester , United States

Martha Chase set up her doll-making operation at in a backyard building at her home in Pawtucket, RI. Known as the Dolls' House, the small cottage industry employed a number of women as doll-head molders, painters, and seamstresses. By 1913 the workers of the Dolls' House produced play dolls, dressed or undressed, in six sizes ranging from 12 inches to 30 inches and retailing for $2.50 to $7.50. Chase dolls reached customers nationwide and sold in department stores like Macy's, Best & Co., Gimbel Brothers, Wanamaker's and F. A. O. Schwarz.

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  • Title: Doll
  • Creator: Martha Jenks Chase
  • Date Created: 1922-1930
  • Location: Pawtucket, RI
  • Type: Dolls from the Early Twentieth Century, Cloth and Rag Dolls
  • Medium: cotton, oil paint, fabric, stockinet
  • Object ID: 74.185
  • Artist: Martha Jenks Chase
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