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Description
16" (41 cm.) Felt swivel head with elongated oval face, pressed and painted facial features, brown side-glancing eyes, grey eyeshadow, brown fringed brows, feathered brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with accented lips, brunette mohair wig with long ringlet curls, jointing at shoulders and hips. Condition: excellent. Comments: Lenci, series 149, model 3, the doll was marketed as "Emma" in the 1926 catalog, yet appears in her original box labeled 110/53; Lazenby discusses this anomaly in her book, Lenci, The History and the Doll, in which the doll is shown on page 106. Value Points: in superbly-preserved condition, the doll has wonderful expression and wig with stitch-attached curls, and wears original pale green organdy dress with green felt edging, and felt applique flowers, organdy petticoat and ruffled pants, socks, green felt shoes.