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A 16th Century French Fashion Doll

Welcome! This is Wilhelmina, my French fashion doll. If you want to know more about her construction and that of her clothes, go to the research section.

Detail of Wilhelmina's drawers. They are embroidered in tiny blackwork, black silk over linen.

And there she is, beaming in her chemise. She's bald as an egg at this stage.

She looks short because the base was very flimsy and she kept sliding down under the weight of the farthingale. I fixed that problem later by putting her in a sturdier base.

Still no hair.

Detail of her doublet, with garnet buttons.

Detail of the back of her doublet and her hair, braided with faux pearls.

Wilhelmina, back view.

And there she is, looking pretty!

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Detail of Wilhelmina's drawers. They are embroidered in tiny blackwork, black silk over linen.	And there she is, beaming in her chemise. She's bald as an egg at this stage.	She looks short because the base was very flimsy and she kept sliding down under the weight of the farthingale. I fixed that problem later by putting her in a sturdier base. Still no hair.

Detail of her doublet, with garnet buttons.	Detail of the back of her doublet and her hair, braided with faux pearls.	Wilhelmina, back view.

	And there she is, looking pretty!