Paper Dolls
Paper dolls developed from the “pantins” of the eighteenth century. Pantins were jointed paper doll caricatures of fashionable people. In chic circles in Europe, it was an adult pastime to make a new pantin each day. By the nineteenth century, the more familiar paper dolls children played with were sold in stores.
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