| The Red Queen rules over Books,
Prints, Valentines & other Greeting Cards, Paper Ephemera (including
Paper Dolls), Postcards, etc. (But see The Mad Hatter for Vintage
Clothing Patterns.) Why The Red Queen? Why not?
She’s a playing card…Playing cards are paper….She’s
the Queen of Hearts….Valentines are Hearts, aren’t they?
You get the idea.
Her Majesty will offer Vintage Fashion Magazines (1850’s
- 1960’s) such as Godey’s Ladies’ Book, Delineator,
Vogue, Mademoiselle and others. Some will be mid-Victorian wonders
with hand-colored fashion plates—as they say, ‘suitable
for framing.’ Others will be marvelously Art Deco publications
with flapper femmes frolicking freely…or something like that.
Books will include well-known Vintage Children’s Books,
illustrated by well-known children’s book illustrators. There
will be vintage books of ‘Household Management’ because
they include recipes (or ‘receipts’) for cleaning practically
everything, and lots of vintage books on Sewing, Fashion, Costuming
and Fashion History.
There will be lots and lots of Valentines (remember, she’s
The Queen of Hearts), mainly from the 1890’s through the 1960’s.
Other Holidays will be represented, mainly by wonderful Postcard
graphics. There may be Paper Dolls from Dolly Dingle to Betsy McCall,
among others—lots easier to dress than a full-sized mannequin,
and a great way to spend a rainy day. We include Bridge Tallies,
especially from the Twenties and Thirties, because they have such
wonderful Art Deco graphics. There will be lots of Vintage Ads,
for Autos, Cosmetics, Tobacco Products, and anything else we can
find that may be of interest to you.
And, when The Red Queen is cleaning out her ‘scrap
box’ there may be groups of stuff you could use for decoupage,
scrapbooking, or other activities that involve cutting up lots of
little pictures!
Finally, we decided to let Her Majesty handle the Silhouette Pictures,
reverse painted on glass; these are mostly from the 1920’s
– 1950’s. Many of them will be the unique and wonderful
ones by Fisher—from California—that feature a background
of milkweed and dried flowers. (The Mad Hatter thought he should
have them because they show people wearing old-fashioned clothing,
but we gave them to The Red Queen because they’re
flat—like paper—which seems like as good a reason as
any for what goes on in Wonderland.)
Copyright 2005 by
The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party
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