The pink room includes a rich collection of dolls made with different materials, as a testimony to the historical and cultural evolution of this extraordinary object that has always been the protagonist of women’s childhood
The first dolls of the 1700/1800 are wooden painted in the most visible parts and wear clothes of the time .Dolls’ head was made of wax and body of fabric eyes were first painted; later on dolls were produced using papier-mâché; in the mid-nineteenth century porcelain was used and the features of the face and body reproduced those of an adult woman. There are also cloth dolls, and you can see some dolls by the firm Lenci of Turin made of felt, hand painted and dressed in silk organza. Finally, dolls in celluloid and plastic materials. The various body parts of the celluloid dolls (amalgam of celluloid + nitric acid + sulfuric acid + camphor dissolved in ethyl alcohol) were made with moulds and then assembled with elastic bands. The characteristics of these dolls and those produced later on (which were made of plastic) are shock resistance, lightness and the washability so that girls could play with dolls more easily.
All these dolls, richly dressed and equipped with miniature kits, are exposed with toys of various types: sewing machines - household accessories- models of furniture- dollhouses accurately furnished with precious materials according to the taste of the times - miniature shops complete with counter, seller in biscuit - and backyard games (jump rope and hoops)
