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The Handbook of Doll Repair and Restoration
Paperback
The Handbook of Doll Repair and
Restoration was a first when it was published in 1979. It is
still a first--in its completeness and detail. This is a
responsible book, subscribing to the view of true doll
collectors: Do nothing to an antique doll that will compromise
the authenticity and reduce its value. Whether a doll is a
museum rarity, one of many common antique dolls, or a
collectible, Marty Westfall's book will lead you through
procedures to restore it. The exquisitely detailed step-by-step
directions make it possible for collectors, dealers, even those
who own just one or two treasured dolls, to make necessary
repairs without reducing value.
The techniques that author Marty Westfall used from 1973 to 1979
and set down in this book are just as practical today. Her aim
was to help the beginning restoration artist, and the
information is just as valuable to even the most sophisticated
collector. In easy-to-follow directions The Handbook describes
how to set stationary and sleep eyes, restring compo bodies,
refurbish old wigs and make new ones, repair ball-jointed
bodies, clean and repair kid bodies, make cloth bodies, mend
chips and cracks, replace missing fingers and toes, and cope
with other damages. The Handbook encourages those who wish to
learn the art by taking them by the hand and showing them how to
get started. At the back of the book is an updated list of
suppliers for those who lack ready access to sources of repair
materials. Other helpful information includes a chapter on how
to distinguish between a legitimate replica doll and a fake made
with the intention to deceive and another on how to determine
whether a doll has been mended, even if the repair is so
skillfully done that it is not readily apparent.
Thousands who began using this book as a guide have gone on to
develop profitable careers in the restoration field. The same
procedures to restore dolls work in restoring other porcelain
objet d'arts, such as figurines. Many who began as doll makers
have combined their creative art with restoring antique dolls.
By learning the techniques in The Handbook, they have improved
their skills in creating the valuable antique dolls of tomorrow.
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