Madame Alexander Doll

Madame Alexander was the daughter of Russian immigrants. She was raised over her father's doll hospital, which was the first in America. She and her three sisters often played with the dolls waiting to be mended and they made handmade cloth dolls. This love of dolls led Madam Alexander to create her own line of porcelain dolls and found the Alexander Doll Company more than 75 years ago.

Although she may be best known for producing fine quality, handcrafted dolls, Madame Alexander is also credited with a series of firsts in the toy industry:

the first to create a doll based on a licensed character (Scarlett O’Hara), which led to the creation of dolls based on characters from popular motion pictures;
the first to create dolls in honor of living people (including Queen Elizabeth and the Dionne Quintuplets); and
the first to introduce a full-figured fashion doll (Cissy 21) with haute couture outfits, which allowed her to design doll clothing to rival that worn by the day’s latest fashion models.

Madam Alexander based her dolls on literary characters as well as living celebrities. In addition to Scarlett from “Gone With the Wind,” Madame Alexander also created a line of dolls based on the characters from the film classic “The Sound of Music.” The Little Women doll series, based on Louisa May Alcott’s novel of the same name, maintains its popularity today. Fairy tale favorites include Cinderella, Snow White and Goldilocks. Madame Alexander also released a First Ladies doll series and even a First Family series featuring dolls bearing the likeness of Jacqueline and Caroline Kennedy.

Madame Alexander died in 1990; however, the Alexander Doll Company continues to produce a full line of collectible dolls, baby dolls and play dolls today.

The Doll Market carries an extensive line of Madam Alexander doll collectibles, including Cissy dolls, Little Woman dolls, doll clothing, original dolls, sale dolls, porcelain doll clothing and accessories.


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About The Doll Market

The Doll Market is located in the lovely city of Greensboro, North Carolina. It is considered to be "the largest doll shop in the USA!" With over 30,000 square feet of dolls, it's hard to imagine that there is a doll store any bigger!

As you can imagine, thousands upon thousands of dolls, bears, doll furniture, and doll accessories can be found here. Prices range from under $10 to $6,000. All major doll lines and doll artists are represented. In addition, the store has the ability to ship out almost anything within 24 hours. If it's available from the manufacturer, then we can order it and ship accordingly! The Doll Market slogan is Service, Price, and Selection. We offer the greatest selection, best prices, and prompt service.

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