#42

Grodnertal Wooden Doll in Original Costume Representing 15th Century Fashion
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$3,800
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Description
14" (36 cm.) All wooden doll with one-piece head and torso, heart-shaped face, elongated throat, shapely bosom and waist, black painted hair with tuck comb and shaded curls around the face, painted features, blue eyes, tiny mouth, dowel-jointing at shoulders, elbows, hips and knees. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Grodnertal, circa 1840. Value Points: the beautifully-preserved doll wears original elaborately-woven silk gown with brown velvet and silver fringe trim, blue cap with extended veil, painted shoes, and has an attached ink-script paper "costume of the 15th century".