#159

All-Original Beautiful French Cloth Doll by La Nicette in Original Box
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$2,100
sold
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Description
21" (53 cm.) Felt swivel head with pressed and painted complexion and facial features, narrow blue side-glancing eyes, grey eyeshadow, painted curly lashes, single stroke brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth, blushed cheeks, blonde hair in long ringlet curls, cloth body, jointing at shoulders and hips, celluloid hands. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: French, La Nicette, early 1930s. Value Points: in pristine condition, with flawless complexion and painting, the doll wears original organdy dress with eight tiers of ruffles, undergarments, socks, and shoes, and is preserved in original box. The doll appeared on the cover of Antique Doll Collector, Jan/Feb 1999.