“Interlude” - French Automata Part 3 & Fine Antique Dolls from the Beulah Franklin Collection

“Interlude” - French Automata from The Gail Cook Collection Part 3 & Fine Antique Dolls from the Beulah Franklin Collection & Others. At Auction March 11, 2017 in Naples, Florida. Narrated by Florence Theriault. www.theriaults...

[@lmunroe81]

I'm just learning about these, instantly obsessed. I want them all.

[@aftonclubs]

i JUMPED when it started playing toreador march. damn

[@rosemandujano3390]

Absolutely mesmerized by these beautiful automatas! Thank you.

[@janineharrison5186]

The East Indian doll is exquisite. Wish there was a reproduction for sale.

[@victoriaparker2705]

Amazing

[@BoudicaJ]

Reclining lady's stays are creaking :D

[@HMOCreations1807]

How much did a automata woud have cost then and now (antique)??

[@noora9604]

The first to make a robotic man is the island’s Muslim scholar Badīʿ az-Zaman Abu l-ʿIzz ibn Ismāʿīl ibn ar-Razāz al-Jazarī was a Muslim polymath: a scholar, inventor, mechanical engineer, artisan, artist and mathematician from Jazira. Wikipedia Born: 1136, Cizre, Turkey Died: 1206, Turkey en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismail_al-Jazari

[@sergpie]

The Chinese were already writing about and describing them somewhere around 200-250 B.C. and the Greeks had doors operable by altar fire and wine-pouring automata for guests, about three-hundred years after. Nevertheless, al-Jazari was a phenomenally bright mind. Too bad they, for whatever reason? wouldn’t endeavor to develop and preserve automation like they did with chemistry and physics.

[@crixina1]

Marvellous

[@cynthiaschell7246]

The corsets were strung so tight back then, the women couldn't even breathe! Thus the design of the 'fainting couch' (Thank The Lord many women now are not slaves to conform to such uncomfortable and unhealthy fashions... well, some are, lol). Love automata's, they are my very favorite doll types. Be blessed