#264

American Cloth Character Doll "Kamkins" in Original Costume
Live Auction

$1,500
sold
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Description
17" (43 cm.) All-cloth doll with swivel head, firmly-pressed and oil-painted facial features, blue eyes, black upper eyeliner, fringed brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth, original brunette human hair bobbed wig, stitch-jointing at shoulders and hips. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Kamkins, circa 1930s, the doll was made by American designer Louise Kampes and sold in her boutique in Atlantic City. Value Points: depicting the classic American child of the 1930s, the doll is wearing its original costume and has fine original painting.