Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID |
1928.047.004 |
Object Name |
Furniture, Doll |
Collection |
Dolls |
Credit line |
Gift of Mrs. A.D. Warner |
Date |
1927 |
Made |
Yoshitoku Doll Company |
Description |
Tansu (clothing chest) that is part of the accessories that go with "Miss Nagano," the Japanese Friendship Doll. The chest is made from black lacquered wood with gilded accents and consists of five drawers stacked vertically. The corners, escutcheons, and side handles are accented in silver plated brass. The chest has an accompanying pale blue, machine-stitched cotton furniture cover with red ties. |
Dimensions |
H-8.25 W-3.5 L-8 inches |
Dimension Details |
Overall greatest dimensions of chest |
Provenance |
The "Miss Nagano" Friendship Doll was acquired for the Delaware Historical Society in 1928 by Emalea Pusey Warner (1853-1948), a prominent social reformer and leader in the Women's Movement in Delaware. The Friendship Doll project was initiated in 1927 as a way to encourage children to promote world peace. American children sent 12,739 dolls over to Japan in time for the annual Hinamatsuri (doll) Festival and the Japanese returned the gesture by sending fifty-eight friendship dolls back to America. Each doll represented a specific Japanese prefecture and came with a range of furniture and accessories. The dolls toured the country and were then installed in various cultural institutions across the USA. |
Subjects |
Cultural relations Dolls |
People |
Warner, Mrs. A.D. |
Search Terms |
Friendship Dolls Tansu Clothing Chests Doll Furniture Cultural Exchanges Goodwill Japan Miss Nagano Dolls Twentieth Century Emalea Pusey Warner |
Material |
Lacquered wood; silver plated brass accents |
Place of Origin |
Nagano Prefecture, Japan |
Event |
Goodwill Doll Exchange Program of 1927 |