Jenny Lind Paper Doll and Ten Costumes Designed for Her Operatic Roles
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1850
name: label: Subject
content: Jenny Lind, Swedish, 1820–1887
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Paperdoll, representing the figure of Jenny Lind and ten cut out costumes, numbered 1 - 10, each from one of Jenny Lind's operatic roles, designed to be placed over the doll, all in paper folder; tied with green ribbon. Enclosed in cardboard container, the cover bearing full-length portrait of the singer, its inner side cover identifying the ten costumes (in German and English) and showing a three-quarter portrait of Jenny Lind in the center.
place: label: made in
content: Europe
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Frederick Rosengarten
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1952-8-1-a
objectType: label: Type
content: toys & games
label: Object Name
content: Paper doll
label: Type
content: Paper doll
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Lithograph on heavy white wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: largest example from group: 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H: 10.1 x W: 3.5 cm