Rozalyn Wilson

Flour Sack Doll

Textiles
2023
Fabric, acrylic paint, ribbon, lace, thread
14"x8"x2"
Flour Sack Dolls & The Great Depression

“During the Great Depression, patterns for dolls were printed on flour sacks to allow families who couldn’t afford new toys to repurpose the sacks into toys for their children.”

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Flour Sack Doll
Flour Sack Doll

Work by

Rozalyn Wilson

Illustrator

“'Playtime Contexts' depicts toys amidst the eras in which they were created and/or popularized to explore how toys reflect and influence history.”