My Studio Doll Trudi was sitting near the Studio Doll display during the Saturday morning.
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| Trudi relaxing on Saturday morning |
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| Florence and Reuben talk to Jocelyn's Ella about the pram (before Ella's hair was replaited) |
There were several special displays on Saturday morning but they were not up for long enough!
As far as I could work out, the displays were a dedication to Rosie Shortell's, Dawn Law's wonderful prams, a Course doll display, a Studio doll display and an display featuring the work of some UK based Sasha seamstresses.
I somehow didn't manage to capture photos of all the displays, they were only up for a very short period of time and were not announced. I think some of them could have stayed in place during the afternoon because not all the tables were needed for lunch or the afternoon sales tables.
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| Tribute to Rosie Shortell |
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| Four dolls with outfits by or organised by Rosie Shortell |
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| Rosie Shortell dolls |
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| Gorgeous Japanese inspired outfit |
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| Cowboy playtime outfit |
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| I recall seeing this doll and outfit at the 2012 festival |
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| Charlotte, the 2013 Raffle doll, who is holding the drawstring bag my daughter made for her |
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| Rosie Shortell the artist |
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| Artist supplies |
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| Easel and artist supplies |
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| Rosie Shortell's painting on the easel |
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| Another miniature painting by Rosie Shortell |
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| Rosie the artist doll |
Rosie's display for the 2012 Sasha Doll festival was the Midsummer Night's Dream costumes. It was rather wonderful to see these again 12 years later.
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| Three characters from Midsummer Night's Dream |
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| Four characters from Midsummer Night's Dream |
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| The five Midsummer Night's Dream dolls and outfits |
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| Puck and Oberon |
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| Titania and Moth fairy |
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| Titania and Moth fairy |
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| Cobweb fairy |
Dawn had brought her wonderful collection of prams.
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| The very early Doucet pram with two wheel sizes |
Catherine French has provided the following update, via the comments on this post, on that rare pram:
Re the more unusual pram with different sized wheels:
A French Museum, Les Arts Decoratifs, has one in its archives.
The Museum gives an approximate date for this model 1935-40 but this is probably incorrect as we believe that the prams were not put into production until the 1950’s and we have seen a photo of an early 1960's pram with the same hood and apron fabric.
It was probably made as a special item for the Au Nain Bleu toyshop in Paris.
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