NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Among porcelain antique dolls, whimsical Kewpies, Barbie dolls and even paper dolls, cloth dolls in the image of African-Americans drew special attention among more than 1,200 ...

Harriet Jacobs, who escaped enslavement to write Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861), created these three dolls for the children of writer Nathaniel Parker Willis around 1850-60. Private ...

Mazahua and Otomí artisans who reside in the State of Mexico and Michoacán created María, the famous Mexican rag doll; however, you can find this doll throughout the country. Mexican artisans make ...

The history of cloth fabric dolls stretches back to ancient Egypt and the Roman Empire. The history of cloth fabric dolls stretches back to ancient Egypt and the Roman Empire. During the late 1800s, ...

These dolls are fun, and they're varied. The two on the left appear to capture divas from a previous fashion era. Tell me about them. Those are based on the designs by the cloth-doll artists who ...

Nancy Wirtz loves to create things — including art dolls. Her eye-catching cloth dolls are meticulously handcrafted. The more detail work involved, the better. Wirtz thrives on the challenge. Marina ...

One of your dolls is dressed in patriotic red, white and blue, and she has a heart-shaped flag on her chest. Tell us about her. I made her about a year after 9/11. It was such a sad remembrance, and ...