“Handcrafted In Russia With Love®”
Garnering critical praise from around the globe since 1998, Neva Dolls® has handcrafted the world’s most celebrated Russian dolls. A never-before-seen doll collection designed to captivate one's heart and open one's imagination to a magical window of a bygone era. Neva Dolls® recaptures Russia’s Imperial Style and old world grandeur and with elegant, high quality dolls.
CEO and chief designer, Stacia McDonough, has won numerous awards over the years for her tour-de-force Russian masterpieces. Her dolls have been exhibited at such fine institutions as the New York City Public Library, the Brooklyn Public Library and the Toy Museum of New York with extraordinary response.
The Neva Dolls® staff of master artisans is comprised of the finest women painters, furriers, seamstresses, and museum curators. All of our sculptures are custom designed using the finest materials. All of the painting is done with the skillful stroke of a brush. Each Neva Doll® is wearing a historically authentic Russian costume. The dolls are inspired from the famous Russian heroines who hail from history, illustrious fairy tales, enchanting legends, ballet, and literature. Each item on our dolls originate from within Russia, from the porcelain to the fabrics, furs and paint, making Neva Dolls® 100% pure Russian.
Spanning two continents, geographically, Russia is the largest country in the world. Its topography is a majestic, vast terrain of mountains, steppes, forests and tundra, which incorporate many regions with a staggering diversity of ethnicities, cultures and religions with each of these cultures claiming their own native history and customs. “The history of Russia’s costumes is utterly fascinating. Their intricate designs had so many diverse influences from Scandinavian to Middle Eastern, Asian and European. This rich fusion lends to the exotic allure of each Neva Doll®,” says Stacia.
Neva Dolls® are wonderful gifts. They convey the pure eloquence that only a doll, “Handcrafted in Russia With Love®,” can deliver.