Newport Fashions of the Gilded Age Paper Dolls (Dover Victorian Paper Dolls)

During the extravagant era of the Gilded Age Newport Rhode Island served as a summer retreat for Americas social aristocracy. Here the "Four Hundred" of high society built palaces on magnificent estates and entertained each other. Tom Tierney recreates this breathtaking world in a volume featuring two dolls and a wardrobe of 30 costumes once worn by the Vanderbilts Astors Belmonts and other members of the social elite. Worn during the height of Newports social seasons during the 1870s through the early 1900s the stunning creations range from velvet afternoon dresses and elaborate outfits for costume balls to fashionable dinner attire and satin evening gowns.