#253

American Cloth Doll "Kamkins" by Louise Kampes
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$1,400
sold
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Description
17" (43 cm.) All cloth doll with stitch-shaped, pressed and oil-painted complexion and facial features, blue eyes, black upper eyeliner, fringed brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth, brunette mohair bobbed hair wig, stitch-jointing at shoulders and hips. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Kamkins, circa 1930s, the doll was made by American designer Louise Kampes and sold in her boutique in Atlantic City. Value Points: sought-after doll with bobbed hair, original finish and wig, antique costume including original leopard print plush coat and hat.