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Description
19" (48 cm.) Felt swivel head with pressed and painted facial features, brown side-glancing eyes, grey lower eye shadow, fringed curly upper lashes, fringed brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with accented lower lips, blonde mohair wig with long ringlet curls, jointing at shoulders and hips. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Lenci (cloth label and Produzione Originale paper label). Comments: Lenci, series 110, model 72, circa 1929. Value Points: an especially expressive doll whose solemn mood is softened by her impeccable original organdy dress in pale blue/cream and rose colors, with felt rose at her waist, organdy bonnet with petal-shaped brim and felt rose applique, linen onesie, organdy petticoat, panties, socks, and blue felt shoes. The actual doll is shown in the book, Lenci, The History and the Dolls, by Nancy Lazenby, page 83.