Artist: Joel Ellis
Date: 1862
Museum: The Strong National Museum of Play (Rochester, United States)
Technique: Leather
At about the time in American history when parents developed an idealized view of their own children as beautiful, unspoiled beings to be cherished and loved, manufacturers produced furniture and apparatus sized exactly for pampering youngsters. Prams, or carriages, for example, especially ornate ones, not only enabled proud parents to show off their charming toddlers, but they often broadcasted the family
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