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Rare French Art Deco Doll in Original Mountain Hiking Costume
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19" (48 cm.) Firmly-shaped heart-shaped head, silk cover with hand painted and stitched features, brown side-glancing stitch-threaded eyes with grey eye shadow, tiny button-shaped nose, pertly-shaped stitched bright red lips, silk thread hair in short side-parted bob, tautly-stretched silk covered body with long slender limbs. Condition: generally excellent, small silk wear on front torso, few moth holes in costume. Marks: (see photo of stamp on torso) Jane (ink script on both boot soles). Comments: French, circa 1920s. Value Points: very rare doll with wonderful expression, modeling of face, hair style, wearing original embroidered woolen jacket, brown velvet short pants, stockings, cap, mittens and hand-cobbled boots, carrying hiking stick.