Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Some dolls for Odessa's house


Cleopatra, Rudolph Valentino as 'The Sheik', and an Indian Maharajah are having drinks on the terrace.


Admiring the view from the balcony .... 


while a maid stands outside the main door below ....


These ladies and gentlemen would need to bend their heads to pass through the doors, especially with their elaborate turbans. I hope they can stand up inside! However, I thought the bright colours of their costumes would go well with the decoration of Odessa's house.
Cleopatra and her companions are Rexard dolls; the others are souvenir dolls from Turkey (the couple) and Egypt (the woman in the green dress).

I will see how they like the inside of the house - perhaps they are just staying here briefly while they shoot some scenes from a film ... or perhaps they will make a longer stay here.

16 comments:

  1. Hello Rebecca,
    Those are wonderful dolls. i love the clothing.
    Hugs,
    Giac

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    1. Hi Giac, Thank you! I love it too, the colours, the fabrics and the designs!

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  2. Hello from Spain: beautiful dolls house Odessa. I had not seen before. Keep in touch

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    1. Hola Marta, thanks for visiting! You can see more of this dolls house in my post in Fabruary: http://rebeccascollections.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/odessas-house.html I think it was probably made by hand, but unfortunately I do not know much about it. I have named it after the last little girl who played with it, but she was not the first owner.

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  3. Oh they are so exotic! I love how the Cleopatra doll looks like Elizabeth Taylor. What goes on there??? Tal;es to tell. CM

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    1. They're wonderful, aren't they? I think it could well be that Cleopatra was modelled on Elizabeth Taylor, but as to what she's doing with Rudolph Valentino - we'll have to wait and find out!

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  4. The dolls are great. Just how many dollhouses do you have? I often look at eBay and Gumtree and wonder if you have spotted the houses I have seen. I get excited thinking you might find them and get them. (I'm limited to 2 houses at my house :( )

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    1. Oh dear! Lots - too many - I'm not sure! I have started creating pages showing my dolls houses, starting with a page of my Australian dolls houses. I'm working on pages for my English houses, and houses from other countries - and I keep finding dolls houses I've forgotten!!! I need to take a few more photos to add to those pages before I show them.

      I do watch ebay regularly, and I'm sure I'll see more houses I really want to have - though where I would put them, I don't know! I haven't watched Gumtree as regularly, but I am now - more for saving photos of the interesting houses, as usually they want you to collect, and I'm a long way from most of them :-(

      You could always go to 1/144th scale to fit another house in, surely? ;-)

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  5. I love the balcony shot. They definitely suit the house.

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    1. Thanks, Sharee, I'm glad you think so! They will just have to get used to bending their heads ;-)

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  6. Love the dolls on the balcony, have two Rexard dolls in my collection.

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    1. Thank you, Ann. I'm sorry to take so long to reply - I look forward to seeing more of your collection, especially the Rexard dolls. I love the Indian group you show on your blog - the baby is very cute :-)

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  7. Exotic dollies for an exotic house! and I love the story line you are developing....

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    1. Dear Florine, Thanks for visiting! The dolls are left to their own devices for quite long periods, so I will be very interested to see what they get up to!!

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