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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Antique Dolls- How They Were Made
  • 2. Repairing Doll Heads
  • 3. Fillers, Sealers, and Colors
  • 4. Setting Stationary Eyes
  • 5. Setting Sleep Eyes
  • 6. Making an Eye Rocker
  • 7. Wigs- Making New Ones
  • 8. Wigs- Refurbishing Old Ones
  • 9. Repairing Ball-Jointed Bodies
  • 10. Restringing
  • 11. Cleaning and Repairing Kid Bodies
  • 12. Taking a Pattern from an Old Body
  • 13. Using a Pantograph
  • 14. Working with Leather
  • 15. Leather Body Patterns- Bru
  • 16. Leather Body Patterns- French Fashion and Ne Plus Ultra Jointed
  • 17. Making Cloth Bodies for China and Bisque Dolls
  • 18. General Instructions for Wax and Composition Dolls
  • 19. Detecting a Repaired Antique Doll
  • 20. Distinguishing Replicas and Fakes
  • List of Suppliers
  • INDEX

Title: The Handbook of Doll Repair and Restoration: A Storehouse of Workable Methods and Step-by-Step Directions for the Doll Collector/Restoration Artist
Author: Marty Westfall
Publication Date: TPB:1979
Publisher: Three Rivers Press, NY
Page Count: 282
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 9 1/4" x 7 3/8"
ISBN: 0517887355

SUMMARY- Lots of useful information that would be relevant today(over 40 years later). Look at the Table of Contents to see if it would address your problem.

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