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Description
34" (86 cm.) Felt doll with pressed and painted facial features, large painted blue side-glancing eyes in well-defined eye sockets, brown eye shadow, painted lashes, feathered brows, accented nostrils, blushed cheeks, closed mouth with bow-shaped lips, blonde mohair wig with ringlet curls and bangs, long slender torso, jointing at shoulders, loosely hinged hips on long slender legs. The doll is wearing green felt gown with bountiful appliques of colorful felt flowers, darker green polka dots, and green felt scalloped borders, and having puffed organdy sleeves and organdy pinafore with ruffled detail, organza cap, petticoat, hoop petticoat, pantalets, stockings and green felt shoes. The doll and wig are excellent with superb preservation of finish, gown is all original and excellent except fading of green. Italian, Lenci, circa 1932. The model, except with black gown, appeared in the 1930 Lenci catalog as Series 700, model 12. The doll appeared in a number of photographs in the Temple archives, including this, in which she is shown with Shirley wearing costume #82 of this book, and another Lenci doll, #65. The photograph is included with doll.