Christy McCartney
Artisan & Collector
Artisan & Collector
Christy Smith McCartney started collecting antique dolls with her mother in the late 1950's. Over the past decades she has been able to assemble a varied doll collection of interesting and rare dolls dating from the mid eighteenth hundreds to the mid nineteen hundreds.
Christy has a BA and Teaching Credential from Cal State University, Long Beach and a MA and Administrative Credential from Cal State University, Los Angeles.
Christy enjoys restoring century old houses in which she does custom tile work and stained glass windows. She decorates them with vintage antiques that are date appropriate to the houses.
Collector: Christy McCartney
By appointment so that guests can enjoy the exhibits in small groups .
2
May
Doll
31
MAy
Doll
Painted face on felt, yarn hair, and velvet dress body designed to go over the top of the tree.
Hurricane oil burning lamps used for lighting in the 1800 hundreds
German circa late 1800's
Collector: Christy Smith McCartney
Shoulder head and half doll.
Victorian silver plate, pressed pattern glass, china, Toby Mugs.
Blown glass, cut crystal, and pressed glass. Circa 1900-1950's.
Hermosa Beach, California just before sunset.
Collector: Christy McCartney
Collector: Christy McCartney
Smiling with cloth body and china arms and legs Circa 1870's and 1880's
Turned head with collor named
Dorthey. Circa 1890's-1900
by Jumeau with ball and socket composition body
Circa 1900-1910
Circa 1910 -1920
Smiling with cloth body and china arms and legs Circa 1870's and 1880's
Turned head with collor named
Dorthey. Circa 1890's-1900
by Jumeau with ball and socket composition body
Circa 1900-1910
Circa 1910 -1920
Smiling with cloth body and china arms and legs Circa 1870's and 1880's
Turned head with collor named
Dorthey. Circa 1890's-1900
by Jumeau with ball and socket composition body
Circa 1900-1910
Circa 1910 -1920
The antique doll and miniature museum is housed in a 1879 adobe/Princess Ann house located in Old Town, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Many of these antique dolls, paper dolls, and miniatures are one of a kind hand painted and hand assembled in the 1800's and the early 1900's. This unique collection is housed inside the Museum of Ego Expression Art 1879 building and is surrounded by an artistic garden. Come visit us at 202 Rio Grande Ave., N.W., in Old Town, Albuquerque. Enjoy the antique dolls, paper dolls, miniatures, contemporary art in the Museum of Ego Expression Art, and relax in the garden under the 100 year old grape arbor.
27
May
Design
Back patio garden
29
May
Art
30
May
Branding
CONTACT ME
T. (310) 683 – 8579
mccartney.christy@gmail.com
MEEa Museum
attn: Christy Smith McCartney
Historic Old Town
202 Rio Grande Blvd NW
Albuquerque, NM 87104
Email: meea@meeamuseum.com
attn: Christy Smith McCartney
Phone: +1 (505) 717-1191
