A beautifully designed, full-color collection of paper dolls
created by Zelda Fitzgerald, lovingly compiled by her
granddaughter, Eleanor Lanahan. Born in Montgomery, Alabama, Zelda
Sayre Fitzgerald has long been an American cultural icon. A
Southern belle turned flapper, Zelda was talented in dance,
painting, and writing but lived in the shadow of her writer husband
F. Scott Fitzgerald's success. The golden couple of the Jazz Age,
Zelda and her husband moved around--from hotels to rented villas to
apartments in Paris--and Zelda always brought along her paints. Few
people know she painted at all, and fewer still know she made paper
dolls. But throughout her life, Zelda created dolls, whenever she
could, in private. By design, paper dolls are delicate, fragile,
and destined for destruction at the hands of children. Zelda's
dolls began as playthings for her daughter, Scottie, born in 1921.
Fortunately, Zelda continued to make figures after Scottie outgrew
them, first of their family and then of storybook
characters--lavish, graceful, bold figures. These unique characters
were a portable troupe, a colorful paper caravan that travelled
inside her luggage. Zelda chose subjects she relished: society
figures of the French Court, or Red Riding Hood's predatory wolf,
as vivacious as the girl. Whether they are cardinals, kings, or
bears, the dolls are fashionably attired in ball gowns, armor, and
capes. A gorgeous and unique keepsake and a perfect gift for book
and art lovers, this delightful collection of Zelda's paper dolls
offers an intimate peek into the life of one of the Lost
Generation's most fascinating creative artists.
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