3D views
Explore the digitised pieces in an interactive viewer: rotate them and look closely at the details of the clothing, the porcelain and the maker's marks.
See pieces in 3DThis section brings together the dolls in the collection that have been digitised in three dimensions through photogrammetry: dozens of photographs of each piece, taken from measured angles, are combined into a model that can be rotated and examined from any point of view.
The aim is documentary: to preserve the shape, volume and finishes of each piece as it is today, and to allow it to be studied remotely without handling the original.
Published in 3D: 0 · In progress: 1
Explore the digitised pieces in an interactive viewer: rotate them and look closely at the details of the clothing, the porcelain and the maker's marks.
See pieces in 3DOpen documentation of the process: equipment, capture protocol, processing, publication criteria and a log of every session.
Read the technical recordA printable, true-scale template with the rotation marks for the three capture rounds and a sheet for recording the settings of each session. It is shared so that other archives and collections can document their pieces with the same method.
To learn more about the pieces and their history: Porcelain Dolls · Digital Collection.