American Brown-Eyed Cloth Character Doll by Martha Chase

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16" (41 cm.) All-cloth doll with pressed and oil-painted facial features, complexion and hair, thick impasto-style painted short brown curly hair, rosy cheeks, painted brown eyes, red and black upper eyeliner, single-stroke brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth, stitch-jointing at shoulders, elbows, hips and knees, sateen body cover, antique costume. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Martha Chase, circa 1900. Value Points: especially fine detail of painting with detail of stippled curls at the forehead, very thick long curly lashes.