Jenny Lind Paper Doll Set
Item
- Title
- Jenny Lind Paper Doll Set
- Rights
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Public Domain.
- Creator
- Unknown creator.
- Date
- c. 1850
- Description
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This mid-nineteenth century paper doll set features costumes from various performances by Jenny Lind (Swedish, 6 October 1820-2 November 1887). Lind's soprano voice earned her the nickname "Swedish Nightingale" as she propelled into super-stardom across Europe and the United States during her lifetime.
The ten costumes (lithograph on white wove paper) included in the set are meant to be placed over a paper doll. Each costume is named in English or German on the topside interior of the cardboard box. One of the costumes represents the character Norma from Vincenzo Bellini's opera "Norma," with a royal blue cape draped over a white dress with golden accessories (left-side vertical). Norma is often considered one of the definitive soprano roles, and became associated with many world-famous prima donnas who performed as her. - Format
- Cardboard box: cardboard, engraved, colored by hand, mounted paper. 19.4 x 12.8 in.
- Language
- English; German.
- Publisher
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
- Contributor
- Lindsey Cillis
- Identifier
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. 1952-8-1-m.
- Subject
- Singing; singer; toys and games; costumes; paper dolls; dresses; opera; opera singers; Jenny Lind.
- Source
- JPEG files. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Unknown photographer. 10/10/2023. https://www.si.edu/object/jenny-lind-paper-doll-set:chndm_1952-8-1-m.
- Item sets
- Le Prime Donne-Lindsey C.
